Mavericks iLife/iWork on late 2009 MacBook?

[DaveTheRave]

My 2009 MacBook has 4 GB of RAM and still has the 2009 version of iLife. Wondering how well it would do with the new Mavericks apps. On another thread I read of slowdowns. Also noticed the new versions are huge programs. Will my MacBook choke on them?

 

[vistadude]

It's not that the performance of iwork on mavericks is terrible, but office 2011 is way faster. So I see no point of using iWork if office is much better and a lot faster.

 

[53kyle]

It's not that the performance of iwork on mavericks is terrible, but office 2011 is way faster. So I see no point of using iWork if office is much better and a lot faster.

What?? Office 2011 takes forever to open on my mac and iWork is only a few seconds. Other than that, what kind of speed difference would you possibly see between the two? In what situations would iWork be slower?

 

[HIMAN1998]

I use both Office 2011 and the new iWork on my MacBook. I use iWork if I don't need to send the file to a PC, but if I absolutely need the file on a PC too, I use Office. On mine, iWork is much better in terms of speed, but in usability, Office is better.