Yes, you heard right, Office 2008 for Mac is landing on January 15th.  Just a heads up to my fellow Mac addicts, if you purchase Office 2004 now, any standard version including the student/teacher version for only 125 on Amazon, you can qualify to get the brand new 2008 Office Media Version for shipping costs alone, which retails for $500!!

http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Office-2004-Student-Teacher/dp/B0001WN16M/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1195267703&sr=1-1

Read the little window right beneath the picture of the product.  This is a steal of a deal, and I will be ordering it next week so I can receive my brand new Office 2008 Media Edition for less than $10!! No need to thank me! 

Office 2004 wastes 10% of my processsor for every running Office app... with no documents open.

Seriously, I hope MS didn't forget to flush the crap this time. At least the resource wastage due to Rosetta will be gone on Intel Macs. I also hear that the UI will make more sense than Office 2007, though to be fair I've never used Office 2007.

http://www.appleinsider.com - Scroll down on this page to see comparos between iWork and Office 2008. They have pictures of the new interface and new features and how it compares between the two. A few good reads to help you better know if Office 2008 is for you, or if you are interested.  All of them are in RED print, so you can pick them out between all the other recent news listings.