In Mac OS X, what do I use instead of Microsoft Office?

Does Mac OS X come with a suite like Microsoft Office or do I buy something? What do I use to replace it? On email is email and calendaring built in and ready for OS X Server so that I don't need to buy something else to start using Apple's iCal scheduling and apple email services? Thanks.

A 30-day evaluation copy of MS Office 2004 is included. You can purchase a copy of Microsoft Office 2008 (starting today) from anywhere that sell Mac software.
There are alternatives: OpenOffice (requires you install the optional X11 package from your OSX DVD), and NeoOffice are very similar to the Windows version of MS Office 2005. Apple also offers an office suite, iWork, for $79 that is very good in some respects (Keynote is hands-down better than PowerPoint), but it lacks many features compared to MS Office or OpenOffice (for example, mail-merge is worthless).
Apple's Mail.app is a very good POP3/IMAP client. It doesn't handle Microsoft Exchange, however (unless Exchange has the POP3 or IMAP support enabled). Mail.app is fine for working with your ISP. However, if you are stuck with MS Exchange at work, I might suggest purchasing Microsoft's Entourage.
Apple's iCal is a decent calendaring application that makes calendar sharing and syncing pretty simple. However, here you have a similar situation to Mail.app: if you have to connect to MS Exchange at work, best to use Microsoft's Entourage (included in MS Office 2008 for Mac).
There are several applications that will sync iCal and Google Calendar. Likewise, you can use Mail.app with things like GMail.
OS X server has all the necessary software to support iCal calendaring, shared address books, e-Mail and directory services.

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