Office 2008 versus 2011 for MacBrook Pro with Lion: Would Office 2008 do the job for me and would Lion support it ( My MacBoork Pro is Intel dual core}
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I just contacted Apple after installing Lion and finding out-to my dismay-that Office 2004 & earlier aren't supported (PowerPC based). The reviews of Office 2011 don't look like that version is stable. So, if I buy 2008, I actually have to uninstall Lion and re-install Snow Leopard? Apple's solution was to buy the upgrade of office or reinstall Snow Leopard-which they said was "very difficult". This is absolutely unacceptable! When I asked whether it was an oversight or intentional that PowerPC wasn't supported by Lion, I got "I don't know, I don't have communication with the developers". Pages won't open office documents either. So...given the choices, I am extraordinarily disappointed with Apple on this one and hope they will come up with a solution, upgrade or patch that works. In the meantime, Try downloading Neo Office for free. It works with Lion even though it is a very basic word processing system. Anybody at Apple listening?
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Not sure about the 2008 Hardware, but I bet it would be more software dependent. Works fine on my MacBook Pro (I own three, 2 circa 2011 and one 2013, not to mention the several we use in our office) I know it worked fine running Lion, and now Mtn Lion. I willing to bet that it will with any thunderbolt connection.
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Yes. There are the basic microsoft office programs like all those you mentioned above. Keep in mind the other programs like access that are a part of the MS Office family for windows are not available for mac. For those situations you may run a virtual machine on your mac. Other programs in case you're interested like SPSS are also not available for mac but as mentioned previosly you may run them through a virtual machine.
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Yes they are, or at least as far as I know. I've been using the Mac Office to work on PC office files for a good year now, and I have never had a compatibility issue. If you are still worried about it, you can always save in an older format using compatibility mode.
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I will install the Office 2007 Pro Plus for you. Thank you for your interest in GoGet Computers.
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From the specs, Microsoft Office (Word) is not installed but you can get the Mac version at a very reasonable price and there are a few free compatible packages available. See http://www.openoffice.org/
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Read the reviews on the 2012 vs. and I think you will see that the 2011 vs. may not have the issues that the newer vs. does. I have used QuickBooks Pro in the past, beginning in 2002 and the last year was 2008. I was very impressed with the ease of use and the ability to make corrections to posting without having to do journal entries, ie. just fix the posting. The payroll, when I was doing it came with the annual upgrade for free, so I upgraded annually. There was no limit on the number of employees, or if there was we never reached it. Our highest employee count was probably twenty. But having read the reviews for 2012 I am wondering if I want to install for my new start-up company. Maybe the 2011 for now and see what else is out there before we have employees.
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It depends on the extras for each laptop. Mine came with MS Starter 2010. I will install MS Office Pro 2007 the same as I have on my computer. You just need to look at the listing and it should tell you what is pre-installed.
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I've been running Lion for a few days now. I don't find it worth even the $30 Apple is charging for it. It seems a determined attempt on behalf of Mr. Jobs to make everything, including Macs, look and function as an iPad. Enough already. If I want an iPad, I'll use an iPad. I'm trying to run a decent laptop here, and Lion's trying to dumb things down to a tablet level. My advice is to stick with Snow Leopard.
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I am using "Microsoft Office Professional 2013" and it is working great. I am very happy with it. It even let you use the Pen Tool for drawing or signatures within Microsoft Word. It can handle any latest version of Microsoft Office as of now so I don't think you have to worry about it. Just buy the one you can afford and make sure the features you will be using the most are enabled in that version.
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The Pro 2011 version is not compatible. I upgraded to 8.1 with the new Office and it will not sync. ACT will also not support it. You will have to fork over another $300. The new version of ACT doesn't get any better, they just keep coming out with new versions so you have to spend more money ever couple years and you are stuck with it. After much discussion and complaints with ACT I have dumped it in favor of another contact management program. I'll never touch an ACT product again.
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You'll need Office for Mac; works great and is compatible with Windows OS versions of Office, but only word, excel, powerpoint, and outlook. It doesn't include Project, Visio, or OneNote. Available from Amazon via download here: http://www.amazon.com/Office-Mac-2011-Home-Business/dp/B0064PF4ZQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1403018369&sr=8-2&keywords=office+for+mac
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You can also buy Microsoft Office for Mac if you are not happy with pages. I think you will like the simplicity and the usability of Pages. It does the job in an elegant and easy way.
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Windows software, including Microsoft Office, wont's install on Apple iMac. There is Microsoft Office specifically designed for Mac products.
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I use a MacBook Pro with i7 2.3 GHZ processor and 8GB of RAM. I use it as a plug-in with Pro Tools and rarely have any problems or freezes. NI recommends at least an Intel Core 2 Duo processor and at least 4GB of RAM.
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Make sure you have the 2.5 upgrade. I'm able to use it on Word 2011 and also on Pages and Nisus Writer.
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Hi. Yes I think so because I have office 2003 pro working on my win8.1. Hope this helps?