Is the air up to par for Virtualization and large iPhoto libraries?
11/08/11 Filed in: Hardware | virtualization
Hey Scotty,
As I think I mentioned, we just bought another piece of Mac hardware in the form of a macbook air. I was dismayed to learn it doesn't come with word processing or excel software standard however. Do you recommend just downloading a copy online or is there a cheaper way to get them? Iworks is $80 for one copy, and I think we actually use Word more so we'd probably rather have that for now....advice? Thanks!
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You may want to take another look at Pages (available in the Mac App Store) for $20. You can transfer Office from one computer to another if you have installed it on another computer in the past. The home edition allows 3 installs. If it’s the 2004 version however, it will not run on new macs. 2008 and later should be fine. You don’t have to pay $80 for iWork anymore. It’s available separately as I stated, in the Mac App Store.
If your heart is set on Office, and you don’t have the original disc, then you can download it from Microsoft for around $160.
As I think I mentioned, we just bought another piece of Mac hardware in the form of a macbook air. I was dismayed to learn it doesn't come with word processing or excel software standard however. Do you recommend just downloading a copy online or is there a cheaper way to get them? Iworks is $80 for one copy, and I think we actually use Word more so we'd probably rather have that for now....advice? Thanks!
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You may want to take another look at Pages (available in the Mac App Store) for $20. You can transfer Office from one computer to another if you have installed it on another computer in the past. The home edition allows 3 installs. If it’s the 2004 version however, it will not run on new macs. 2008 and later should be fine. You don’t have to pay $80 for iWork anymore. It’s available separately as I stated, in the Mac App Store.
If your heart is set on Office, and you don’t have the original disc, then you can download it from Microsoft for around $160.
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