i'm planning to buy apple macbook. but i'm not sure whether d normal microsoft office can b use. Cos if i've to purchase d microsoft office for mac, its gona cost a bomb!
2006-08-22 19:58:30 · 8 answers · asked by LiNgz 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
thanz all for ur response!
2006-08-22 23:24:22 · update #1
If your Mac will be running Mac OS X, then you will need to purchase Microsoft Office for Mac. The current version is 2004.
Here is one web site selling that software:
http://www.viosoftware.com/Office+Mac/
Also, be aware that any other software that you may have collected for PCs will not work on a Mac. Macs have many nice features, but software compatibility is not one of them.
2006-08-22 20:06:39 · answer #1 · answered by zerggle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm assuming you're getting the new Intel Macs? Well, don't buy office for Mac, its hella expensive... there are alternate ways... I'm using Neoffice right now, its open source/free.. google it... it works just like microsoft office (excel, powerpoint, wrd, etc) and you can open the files with microsoft office on a pc or mac... sure it might not have the "looks" that an official MS office has, but it does the work... Now if you really want to buy the Office for Mac, wait for it to be Universal Binary (meaning it will be compatible with your Intel Mac)..
2006-08-29 00:54:17 · answer #2 · answered by freelancer_s28 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was going to describe how you should be able to share files between systems, but then I re read. I don't know if office for pc can be installed on a mac, or if you have to buy, download, for the mac. In the past, the two were totally separate. But programs like adobe acrobat (full, not just reader) can handle both formats. Most recent office programs should be able to share because when you go to "save as" you can choose different formats. Once you have both systems running just create a small text file and see if you can open it in both. You may have to "save as" in different formats to narrow it down.
2006-08-27 20:43:01 · answer #3 · answered by William P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No way dude. They are incompatible. You have two options:
1) Buy the mac and use the word processing software for macs or,
2) Dont by a mac and use Microsoft software
2006-08-23 03:07:56 · answer #4 · answered by Logik 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're buying a new Apple, make sure it has the Intel chipset and can run the new OS (just slipped my mind what it's called)...if it has that, it can run Windows-based programs...
2006-08-23 03:05:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
by normal, I assume you mean the PC version. Sure under Parallels or Boot Camp.
2006-08-23 03:02:10 · answer #6 · answered by jake cigar™ is retired 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes but u dont need to it already has a program on it to word process
2006-08-23 03:03:12 · answer #7 · answered by ????? ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't think so. my fren try but it doesn't work
2006-08-23 03:04:09 · answer #8 · answered by joslin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋