Word processor war hots up with new (free) arrivals

I have just come across and have been trialling some new word processors, which I want to discuss. But first, have you noticed that of the several dozen word processors and/or office suites now available, the only one you have to pay for is Microsoft's? How long can they withstand the accelerating assault? Okay, Microsoft Office has many features not found in these others, but be honest - how many of those features do you actually use? And there is a big cost attached, not just in price, but in real estate. Office 2007 weighs in at over 400mb, and that's without the recent Service Pack upgrade (which is a 300mb install file). I suspect that Microsoft developed the .docx format to try and lock people into their system, but as many of the new alternatives can happily open .docx files, that's not a bar to using others. Apart from inertia, or the probably misplaced concern that you will lose compatibility if you move away from your Word comfort zone, I can see almost no reason not to change. So here are some of the recent arrivals:
Kingsoft Office is top of my list. It's what OpenOffice.org should have been. At 101mb installed, it's less than a third in size of the Big Two, and it launches much faster. It has all the bells and whistles you need, with a nice interface - very like what Microsoft Word would have looked like if they had not introduced the hateful Ribbon. It comes with spreadsheet module and presentation module as well. And it opens .docx files. I understand it was developed in China, but you would never know.
Jarte was developed from the same engine that drives WordPad (the built-in word processor that comes with Windows and which hardly anyone uses, generally for good reason). Jarte (how do you pronounce it?) is like WordPad on steroids. It has a completely different kind of interface which takes a few minutes to adjust to, but the opening screen gives you some good pointers. Two big pluses - it occupies only 5.5mb of disk space, and launches almost instantaneously. And it opens .docx files. There are limitations. This is a word processor, not a pseudo layout program as Word tries unsuccessfuly to be. So there are no floating text boxes, drawing tools and the like. But nonetheless it has a surprising amount of features.
Softmaker Office is another office suite, but just with word processor (Textmaker) and spreadsheet (Planmaker). In terms of interface, it looks a bit like a slightly more basic OpenOffice.org, but again it has most functions you would require. The amazing thing is that it comes in at a miniscule 2.4mb size, and again launches quickly. It also opens .docx files. If you have an older computer that is struggling to keep up with the increasing system demands of recent software, this would be a good option.
I haven't mentioned AbiWord, an open source project that has been around for years. It's fairly basic, and the interface is looking rather tired now, but it's still fairly popular in the Linux community. In light of the above new entries, I don't think it cuts it the way it once did.