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Writer1111 wrote: I love how portable and light the MacBook Air looks and I'd like to buy one. The main things I will be using it for are: word processing, web, email. Does the MacBook Air come with a word processing program of any sort? If I were to install Microsoft Word onto the laptop, would it slow it down considerably? (Word is what I'm using now on my old laptop) Paula 1) no but you can buy Pages from the mac App Store for $10. This is a better solution than Word for most users.

2) If your version of Word is recent (2008 or 2010) it won't slow down the MBA any more than is typical for Office. If you are running the older Office 2004 products you will see performance loss because of the Rosetta interpreter.

I also do some light word processing and was interested in software also. I looked into Pages. Great program. A limited version of it Is available on the Mac App Store that will be included on your MBA for low cost. I wanted a larger variety of templates and features to choose from, so I bought iWork when I bought my 13'MBA.

You get Keynote for presentations, Numbers for spreadsheets and Pages. It's $79 retail, but only $49 if you include it with your purchase and it can be installed for you or you can do it yourself by using the USB external SuperDrive CD-ROM drive. In addition to everything said here - OSX TextEdit has plain text (can be configured to act much like Notepad) and rich text. Another free & excellent OSX WP is 'Bean'. TextEdit and Bean will open MS Word files but not perfectly. To do this perfectly you will have to purchase MicroSoft Office for OSX (expensive unless your workplace offers you an employer version, then it is cheap like dirt). MS Office for a Mac works well but I found it disappointing that the bells and whistles don't LOOK like MS Office.

You have to adjust a bit. One more thing - BootCamp in OSX allows you to install any copy of Windows that you own (and therefore MS Office).

From your OSX side you can 'drag' your Windows Word docs right into OSX and open them with any of the above mentioned word processors. To do so seamlessly you need MS Office for Mac, I'm afraid. Lots of options though! PS - Office for Mac will in no way slow down your machine. It does take about 30 seconds to load, though. But after that it's speedy. Message was edited by: NA Smith.

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Go to Macupdate.com and do a search on 'word processor' and you'll find a huge number of them. I believe iWork (Pages, Numbers & Keynote) still come with the computer but you must download them from the App Store.

Pages takes a bit of getting used to if you are a Word user but it is a decent basic word processor. Office is also available for the Mac and while it isn't the most nimble of word processors, I have no complaints about its performance on even my oldest and least powerful Mac - a 2011 MacBook Air.

No it doesn't slow down the computer. If you'll need to share documents back and forth with other users, Word is probably your first choice. Apple Footer • This site contains user submitted content, comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only. Apple may provide or recommend responses as a possible solution based on the information provided; every potential issue may involve several factors not detailed in the conversations captured in an electronic forum and Apple can therefore provide no guarantee as to the efficacy of any proposed solutions on the community forums. Apple disclaims any and all liability for the acts, omissions and conduct of any third parties in connection with or related to your use of the site.

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