nice to c you all interested in your own way to this thread. I saw some very good comments on microsoft office 2007 and thought someone might be interested... office downloaded from torrent messedup with microsoft updates.. dananah, thanks for ur point. openoffice is good program that comes free. IBM also announced its Lotus Symphony for free. http://freetimeblog.awardspace.com/?p=37 also,LaTex is another free alternative. enjoy!