Do Mac's ship with Office?

[hellomoto4]

Probably a dumb question, but I am looking to change over to Mac and was wondering if Office is shipped with the Mac or do I have to buy it then install?

If it doesn't come with the Mac, how do I make word documents, etc?

Thanks!
And sorry if its a dumb question :p

[costabunny]

Nope - yu must buy it or..... download OpenOffice 3.0 (Which is pretty darned good) :)

[gikku]

You're in Melbourne, Myer will throw in a copy of Office 2008:Mac Home and Student edition. others resellers may also.

[meeksdigital]

Not even worth it to bother with Office unless you're a power user who needs every little thing.

Neo Office (http://www.neooffice.org) offers about 90-95% of the functionality of Office in a FREE Opensource package! Rockin'!

[hellomoto4]

You're in Melbourne, Myer will throw in a copy of Office 2008:Mac Home and Student edition. others resellers may also.

I didn't even think Myer are a reseller?

[PresentACat]

Not quite sure of the prices but for a student in the UK it is actually cheaper in some instances to buy an OEM copy of Vista and get the Ultimate package of Office 2007 from Microsoft, which is a vastly superior programme to the 2008 Mac version.

[rdowns]

While Mac do not ship with Office, a program called TextEdit is included. It's a lightweight word processor that can read and write Word files.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textedit

[doubleohseven]

Do Macs still ship with a 30 day Microsoft Office and iWork trial? Anyway if they don't, I also recommend downloading NeoOffice. It does everything Office and iWork can, and it's for free!

[hellomoto4]

While Mac do not ship with Office, a program called TextEdit is included. It's a lightweight word processor that can read and write Word files.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textedit

Thanks!
I think I'm going to have to get Office anyway for all my school work.

[Kane.Elson]

I didn't even think Myer are a reseller?

They certainly are (most myer stores are, just an example):
Myer Melbourne (website)
295 Lonsdale Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
03 9661 1716 Melbourne
VIC 3000 Apple Authorised Reseller

From: http://www.apple.com/au/buy/

[GfulDedFan]

You might consider trying the free demo if iWork '08. It's an excellent suite of programs and much cheaper than Office. -GDF

[j26]

Thanks!
I think I'm going to have to get Office anyway for all my school work.

NeoOffice (as mentioned above) is generally compatible with MS Office, apart from some minor formatting issues, so unless you need the really advanced features, I wouldn't bother getting the MS version.

[deriko100]

Do Macs still ship with a 30 day Microsoft Office and iWork trial? Anyway if they don't, I also recommend downloading NeoOffice. It does everything Office and iWork can, and it's for free!

They do still ship with the trials.

[juanster]

yeah just get open office unles syoua re a crazy hardcore user you won't notice the difference on most stuff.

[McGiord]

Some of the best things in our lives are still free:
http://www.openoffice.org/

[hellomoto4]

Thanks for all the replies.
I think when I get a Mac, I won't bother with Office until I try the other programs people have mentioned - NeoOffce, TextEdit etc.
Then, if I think I really need office, I will get it.