Glad you like the Thinkpad Edge. I think mine's fantastic. I never really got on with OpenOffice - it always seemed like a version behind of Word. Fine if that's what you want but I need a bit more on the outlining front.

My thoughts on Word 2010 for that are here

http://davidhewson.com/2010/05/05/word-2010-for-windows-wonds-well-hidden/

The beta is free and will run till October by the way - worth a look.