Why is iwork 09 apps SOOOOO MUCH slower to open then MS word on a PC???????

Hi,
I would like to know if other people have noticed this, or it's just on my MBP, that it takes way longer to open a pages document than opening MS word on a 1 yr old computer running VISTA??? ***?
Word opens instantly and on my Mac it takes like 10-12 seconds!!!

There are several factors.
It is not coded identically obviously so it is hard to determine exactly what is being done in the first few seconds of start up. Also to what degree Apple has optimised its performance by writing key functions in machine code.
Another big factor would be the Hard Drive speed in your computer. The small HDs in laptops are markedly slower than desktop models for example. Also how much real and virtual memory is available.
I'm not going to defend Pages just for the sake of it but there are lots of ways making software appear to respond more quickly by partially loading stuff and then making you wait later on. Microsoft for all you know may have preloaded key Microsoft Software on launching Vista on the PC, so it may already have been in memory. You could check in Vista by monitoring what is happening when you launch Word in a process monitor.
Do you have the same number of fonts on both machines?
Also Pages maybe checking other things such as media in iPhoto, iTunes etc.
I suspect it may also have to decompress the resources in its application bundle.
Whatever the reason you should let Apple know:
+Menu > Pages > Provide Pages Feedback+
Peter

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