<p>I'm wondering if there's any compatibility issues at Harvard if I choose to run iWork instead of Office 2008? Do most people/departments at Harvard use Office as opposed to iWork? </p>
<p>I'm thinking of concentrating in the life sciences, and I've read that Numbers from iWork doesn't do many scientific graphs. From your experiences of life sciences courses, do you find instances when you need to use pretty high-tech graphs? </p>
<p>Finally, if I do need to utilize scientific graphs often, are computers available so that I could do my homework/research with Office without too much hassle?</p>
<p>Thanks for your input. :) Any computer-related advice will be appreciated (since Apple products can be pricey...)</p>
<p>As far as what you yourself run, that's 100% your business. The only time a course will mandate a program, it will be ChemDraw, Pymol, LoggerPro, etc (ie, something people wouldn't usually have anyways) and the program will be downloadable from FAS Downloads, and also installed on the computers in the Science Center computer labs so there shouldn't be any problems at all.
When you're doing analysis on your own time or for your own research (aka, real lab, not lab for a course) you can use whatever your little heart desires!</p>