I don't wanna buy the iWork'09 'cause an update seems to be in the oven. But how long should I wait for it? I tried the openoffice while waiting but it sucks.
My Macbook became to slow and crashing after installing and using the openoffice. So I removed it and the problems gone away.
OpenOffice.org is now simple drag & drop installation. It cannot account for the problems that you have experiencing.