Editors' Rating
Typical price:Free
Verdict
Although the interface of IBM's free office suite is attractive, its hunger for system resources and lack of features and OOXML support mean that OpenOffice.org 3 is a better free alternative... Read Full Review.
Pros
- Free
- Compatible with Windows, OS X and Linux
- 64-bit compatible across platforms
- Attractive interface
- Simple to use
- Supports ODF document standard
Cons
- Memory hungry
- Limited feature set
- Doesn't open Microsoft OOXML files
- Built-in web browser is painfully slow and generally horrible








