Apple just announced a new version of iWork, the '09 version. But even though it's not shipping yet, you can still get iWork '09 today. They are offering a fully functioning iWork '09 trial on the Apple site: http://www.apple.com/iwork/download-trial/. If you plan on buying iWork '09 and you don't want to wait, you can download the trial and starting using it today. Then when it's available for purchase, you can buy it and enter your registration key and your existing download will be a fully paid version... no waiting!