Quote Originally Posted by Saab2000 View Post
Should I just download MS-Office for Mac and be done with it? I really just want MS-Word.
Yes. I bought a MacBook Air earlier this year and have Office installed. Works great. I've had Office products installed on Macs for years with no issues (I also currently have it on my 27" iMac). You can install just Word if you don't want all of the other software programs.

Enjoy your new Mac!