Does MAC have an excel counterpart or would i have to purchase a microsoft excel for mac.?

Question

I just purchased a MAC notebook but have not been able to explore the bundle CD it came with. I use excel alot and need it for my biz.

Answer 1

You could get MS Office for the Mac, but why pay MS when you can get basically the same thing for free?
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15797

Answer 2

There is excel for Macintosh.

http://www.tucows.com/search?search_terms=microsoft+excel&search_scope=mac&search_adv=0&search_size=&search_size_multi=b

Answer 3

If you are particular about Excel, provided by Microsoft, then Microsodt also has a software very similar to Office called Entourage. It is the Office equivalent.

Answer 4

in case you favor to get the authentic "pc version" then you actually might want to ought to twin-boot, and run it lower than a abode windows operating equipment. notwithstanding, you would basically be searching for the "Microsoft Excel for Macs"- because that's basically a similar..

Answer 5

there are a few different programs you can try, depending on your needs and budget.
a great place to get feedback is : Apple ~ forums
http://discussions.apple.com/index.jspa
or
Mac world
http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/06/06/spreadsheets/index.php
filemaker is a top notch program
http://www.filemakertrial.com/dbt/landa.aspx?ovmkt=O5M3PJVLTCEPQPRA4I030H9LAS
and new new google spreadsheets is a great tool for those on a budget.
http://labs.google.com/
I hope you enjoy the notebook, i use the ilife software on a daily basis.

Answer 6

My daughter has a Macbook and has used this quite successfully:

http://www.openoffice.org/

Answer 7

Try spreadsheet at http://docs.google.com/