iWork or Office?

I have a MBP and I've always have been using windows/pc for years before. Its hard to adjust to the iWork layout (i've only been on it a few times though), but is it "better" than Word once I get used to it? I know this is going to get biased answers in this forum section..
I'm tempted to just go buy Office for my Mac.

 

How heavy an office user are you? Which office applications do you need and to do what work?

I've used both before but to be honest it's not all that different at the base (other than some nifty differences here and there are people who think keynote looks better than PP). For basic use, I haven't really found that much difference between the 3 big "office suites"(i.e. MS Office, iWorks and openOffice). I'm told heavy office users are better with MS office though since Excel is still the king at what it does.

 

Open Office?

 

Im a student and will prob. just need office the most. Im not THAT great at it, I just know the basics at word, powerpoint, and im pretty crappy at excel

 

I bought Office 2010 Professional Plus for 9$ via special offer for our company enployees (Emaar in Dubai)

now that's a steal

I cant ever get used to antyhing other than MS office

 

If you are just using it for school work, then go for open office - as a free option. Just make sure you save everything as MS Office formats.

However, I know MS has student deals on Office specifically for students so you can technically get it for dirt cheap (if you prefer to get the real deal). I can't comment on iWork as I've only heard about it, but have never used it.