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Greg Ro
What office programs work on a Mac?
I thinking of getting a mini-mac
Thank you for this info.
Greg Ro
I thinking of getting a mini-mac
Thank you for this info.
Greg Ro
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phildeaves
Greg said:What office programs work on a Mac?
I thinking of getting a mini-mac
If you mean Microsoft Office programs (as opposed to other programs
from other sources designed to function in an office (work)
environment), then Word, Excel, PowerPoint (also Internet Explorer?)
BUT...
.... You will need to get the Mac versions of them.
I've only recently got a Mac, and got the Microsoft Office programs
after reading recommendations from others. It seems that Word for Mac
is generally regarded as being better than the Windows version. I like
it, too.
PhilD
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Daiya Mitchell
Excellent idea, to research *before* you buy!
If you are talking about Microsoft Office programs, only the core
programs--Word, Excel, Powerpoint--are made for the Mac. The Mac also has
Entourage, which is an email/calendar/address/etc program. MacOffice 2004
has those 4 programs. MacOffice 2004 *Pro* comes with those 4 programs plus
Virtual PC (including Windows), which is a program that allows you to create
a virtual windows machine on your Mac, and use windows programs that way.
Do *not* expect to be able to use Access, FrontPage, Publisher, Visio and
probably some other MS programs on the Mac. No MS Money. It would be
possible to buy Virtual PC and run them inside VPC, but that's slow--why
bother, when there are Mac equivalents for all of these, at various levels
of expense? Or just have two computers, a Mac and a PC.
If you aren't just interested in MS programs--there's plenty of software for
the Mac. Don't expect to find a lot of games, but you should be able to find
a program to do everything else you need to do. Plus macs come with a ton
of programs.
Make sure you spend some time playing with a Mac before you make your
decision. Ideally, you could talk to a Mac-owning friend who has similar
needs about it.
If you are talking about Microsoft Office programs, only the core
programs--Word, Excel, Powerpoint--are made for the Mac. The Mac also has
Entourage, which is an email/calendar/address/etc program. MacOffice 2004
has those 4 programs. MacOffice 2004 *Pro* comes with those 4 programs plus
Virtual PC (including Windows), which is a program that allows you to create
a virtual windows machine on your Mac, and use windows programs that way.
Do *not* expect to be able to use Access, FrontPage, Publisher, Visio and
probably some other MS programs on the Mac. No MS Money. It would be
possible to buy Virtual PC and run them inside VPC, but that's slow--why
bother, when there are Mac equivalents for all of these, at various levels
of expense? Or just have two computers, a Mac and a PC.
If you aren't just interested in MS programs--there's plenty of software for
the Mac. Don't expect to find a lot of games, but you should be able to find
a program to do everything else you need to do. Plus macs come with a ton
of programs.
Make sure you spend some time playing with a Mac before you make your
decision. Ideally, you could talk to a Mac-owning friend who has similar
needs about it.
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Greg Ro
Excellent idea, to research *before* you buy!
If you are talking about Microsoft Office programs, only the core
programs--Word, Excel, Powerpoint--are made for the Mac. The Mac also has
Entourage, which is an email/calendar/address/etc program. MacOffice 2004
has those 4 programs. MacOffice 2004 *Pro* comes with those 4 programs plus
Virtual PC (including Windows), which is a program that allows you to create
a virtual windows machine on your Mac, and use windows programs that way.
Do *not* expect to be able to use Access, FrontPage, Publisher, Visio and
probably some other MS programs on the Mac. No MS Money. It would be
possible to buy Virtual PC and run them inside VPC, but that's slow--why
bother, when there are Mac equivalents for all of these, at various levels
of expense? Or just have two computers, a Mac and a PC.
If you aren't just interested in MS programs--there's plenty of software for
the Mac. Don't expect to find a lot of games, but you should be able to find
a program to do everything else you need to do. Plus macs come with a ton
of programs.
Make sure you spend some time playing with a Mac before you make your
decision. Ideally, you could talk to a Mac-owning friend who has similar
needs about it.
Yes, I meant the Microsoft Office programs.
Manually Just Microsoft word I am interested in for the MAC.
The reason I am considering a mini-mac. I heard the fans are really
quiet unless you burn a lot of cds within a few minutes
Greg Ro
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Michel Bintener
I only saw your post now, so one late comment: have a look at the Mac
Business Unit's website, <http://www.microsoft.com/mac/>. The Mac Business
Unit, also called Mac BU, are the guys at Microsoft responsible for the Mac
version of Office (among other things).
Business Unit's website, <http://www.microsoft.com/mac/>. The Mac Business
Unit, also called Mac BU, are the guys at Microsoft responsible for the Mac
version of Office (among other things).
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leftnotracks
Also considder OpenOffice. This is and oper source option that is
*BONUS* completely non-microsoft.
The Mini will also come with Appleworks, a very good word processor
(much better than Word) and decent spreadsheet and database (bu not as
good as Excel).
*BONUS* completely non-microsoft.
The Mini will also come with Appleworks, a very good word processor
(much better than Word) and decent spreadsheet and database (bu not as
good as Excel).
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stewacide
The only potential deal-breaker I can think of would be some internal
corporate sites depending on ActiveX. This will be remedied in short
order when the Intel Macs come out (via a Wine compatibility layer)
corporate sites depending on ActiveX. This will be remedied in short
order when the Intel Macs come out (via a Wine compatibility layer)
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stewacide
Also check out Apples' iWork "suite" (Pages + Keynote). I suspect for
most home users they're better than Office:
- They're cheaper
- They do what most home users do - documents and presentations -
without the stuff they don't (how many ordinary users have Excel,
Frontpage, Visio, Outlook, etc. sitting on their drive that have never
used them?)
- They're more visually oriented: Pages is truely WYSIWYG unlike Word,
and Keynote is just damn better looking
....Word and Excel are truely great programs (if that was all MS made
they'd be everyone's favourite software developer), but massive
overkill for most people.
most home users they're better than Office:
- They're cheaper
- They do what most home users do - documents and presentations -
without the stuff they don't (how many ordinary users have Excel,
Frontpage, Visio, Outlook, etc. sitting on their drive that have never
used them?)
- They're more visually oriented: Pages is truely WYSIWYG unlike Word,
and Keynote is just damn better looking
....Word and Excel are truely great programs (if that was all MS made
they'd be everyone's favourite software developer), but massive
overkill for most people.
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