Opening Pages Files on a Windows Machine

I've searched around and can't seem to find if this is addressed.
I'm looking into getting a netbook in addition to my Macbook. I currently do all of my work in Pages, and save files as Pages files. I'd like to be able to use a program like Dropbox and work on my files from either computer.
Is there any way in a Windows Machine to open up files that are saved as Pages format, or is the only option to save them as a doc? I can save from now on as a doc, but everything that I've done for the past several years are all saved as pages. I'm hoping to not have to go through and convert them all if possible.
Any suggestions? thanks for your help

Short of turning your NetBook into a Hackintosh (not recommended) the answer is no.
You must save them as a Word .doc, or .rtf or .pdf file.
Peter

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