Should I purchase Pages or stick with Word?

I've been using Word for years and the new one for Mac was fantastic! But, my computer was tragically stolen and my Office with it and Pages is less expensive... But I really want to make sure I'll be able to edit my documents in the same way (or better) as I am currently writing my master's thesis and am obsessed by good format and presentation.
If I buy the Pages app for my MacBook, will I be able to upload in iCloud easily or is it necessary to buy the complete iLife? And will I be able to see the docs on my iPod or will I have to buy the other Pages app for iPod? Is Pages compatible with Word without making the format go all weird?
Thanks!!!

Pages is one of the applications in the iWork suite, not iLife.
You do not have to buy all three of the iWork apps, just the ones you need. You buy the Mac versions through the Mac App Store & the iOS versions separately through the iTunes Store.
With iCloud support enabled in Pages for iOS you will be able to access the documents you upload to iCloud from your Mac. Apple has not enabled automatic iCloud syncing for the Mac versions so you have to use iCloud.com in a web browser or sync via iTunes.

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I have Office 2004 and have used Word, Excel and Power Point for years.(with previous PCs as well as my MacBook) I also have IWorks 09.
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I am not an Office user, so I cannot give an expert piece of advice.
Essentially, Office 2008 was worse than both 2004 and 2011, so I do not see the reason for an intermediate upgrade, already 4 years and half old (was released late 2007). As 2004 is not usable in Lion, and you will probably upgrade to Lion sooner or later, combined with what was said above, if you want to upgrade you Office 2004, the only rational option is 2011.
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As about ‘unfreezing’. In my limited tests, Office 2004 works fine on PPC machines, is a lot worse on intel machines, even with latest updates (I assume you installed all the Officd 2004 updates, there were many, perhaps the last one includes all the other previous ones). There is also a docx to doc converter, released just for 2004 users:
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/24947/office-open-xml-file-format-converter
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