if i have a microsoft office for windows, can i install it on a mac?
2006-08-10 22:30:38 · 7 answers · asked by Jack Cologne Foxter 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Hi!
It may be possible! But this is just a workaround, and you may experience information loss. Now, there is only a way that I know of: use a PC simulator for Mac OS X, install the OS for that virtual PC namely a version of Microsoft Windows and then you may install a version of Microsoft Office on that virtual, emulated PC.
However, there are some issues!
For instance, you have to have loads of RAM (Random Access Memory) and enough free disk space in order to run the virtual machine. Keep in mind the, under emulator, running Microsoft Windows XP, 2003 or Vista under Mac requires that you have a quite powerful Mac PC. I recommend that you use Microsoft Windows 98 and 128 MB RAM with a 2GB HDD on the virual machine. If you know how to do it, then allow a partition on your Mac to be formatted with FAT 32 filesystem, so that both machines (the real one and the virtual, emulated one) can access that drive, this way you can share documents between these OSs. accessing an external partition (that is not included in the emulator) only depends on the emulator itself. Another idea is to use an external memory card (such as flash, if the emulator allows the usage of the USB port) to share such documents. If that doesn't work, than you may use an external server to store those files on: upload then form within Win 98 and download them from within Mac).
I hope I was helpful!
Good luck!
2006-08-10 22:48:24 · answer #1 · answered by Robintel 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-04 08:35:15 · answer #2 · answered by porterii 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it actually wont because the manufacturer os Mac is Apple and the manufacturer of microsoft office is microsoft itself. Windows is made by microsoft and so ms office will only work on windows.
2006-08-10 22:37:32 · answer #3 · answered by Gunit 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no u cant they are diffrent but i have something that can work on mac
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2006-08-10 22:36:41 · answer #4 · answered by Murtaza 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, but you need a seperate program. It's called parallels.
2006-08-10 22:38:55 · answer #5 · answered by Eli 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your retarded... Office.. for WINDOWS will not install on somthing that is not WINDOWS...IGNORE ME!!!!!!
2006-08-10 22:36:19 · answer #6 · answered by Charles 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO, it couldn't possible
2006-08-10 22:36:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋