Conversion to Intel I-Mac

I am in the process of migrating from a PowerPC G4 I-Mac to a 24 inch Intel I-Mac. I have been running a purchased Microsoft Office X for Macs on the older machine. Can I use my in-hand CDs to load this package on my new machine? Is there any problem or risks involved?

Frankly I would upgrade to Office X 2004 for greater compatibility. However, Office is a PPC application and does not run as fast as it would on an equivalent PPC machine. Nevertheless, Office X 2004 is less likely to be troublesome than Office X. An universal binary version of Office isn't expected until some time next year.
Alternatives are:
NeoOffice Aqua Beta, an Open Source replacement for MS Office that is file compatible and available as a universal binary (it is freeware).
ThinkFree Office is a commercial substitute. It's also a universal binary ($50).
Apple's iWorks provides word processing and presentation applications that can open MS Office documents. iWorks apps are universal binaries ($79).
Papyrus 12 ($99 - www.versiontracker.com or wwwl macupdate.com) provides word processing, presentation, graphics, and limited spreadsheet functionality is also a universal binary.
There are also two universal binary spreadsheet applications that provide basic spreadsheet capabilities, but are not as advanced as Excel: Mesa and Tables (www.versiontracker.com or www.macupdate.com.) Mesa is $34 and Tables is $49. Mesa is more seasoned than Tables. The latter is really still beta software and is not yet fully developed.

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