Vista and Office on a MacBook

Flying Gribble · 4 May 2008 at 12:14

I've just won a MacBook

(so not a switcher by choice), and have been playing around with some of the Office programs to see if I can share some specific documents. NeoOffice and iWorks screw up the formatting big-time and I can't find a trial of Mac Office 2008. So I'm contemplating using Boot Camp and Office 2007.

It's an entry-level MacBook - will it handle the Vista Aero Glass interface without any problems or should I stick to Vista Basic or XP? Are there any known mac-specific issues with Office 2007? Alternatively, can anyone recommend a more compatible Word and Excel replacement on the Mac that I can try out before spending my hard-earned cash?

Will_3rd · 4 May 2008 at 12:24

Will run Vista fine, 1GB RAM I'm guessing? The GPU should be fine too.

There shouldn't be any problem running Office 2007 via Windows in Bootcamp as it runs natively.

TheVoice · 4 May 2008 at 12:24

It'll handle Vista and Office fine, the MacBook is essentially running the same hardware as any standard PC notebook. The integrated graphics will be plenty for the Aero interface.

Flying Gribble · 4 May 2008 at 12:26

Thanks for the fast response guys.

RoleyBirkin · 4 May 2008 at 13:55

I'm using Mac Office2008. Most things seems to transfer ok from Office '03.

Mr_White · 4 May 2008 at 14:29

Tried OpenOffice?

Will_3rd · 4 May 2008 at 14:32

The OP tried NeoOffice which is derived from OpenOffice would be much the same afaik

Deleted member 651465 · 5 May 2008 at 10:15

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Rameses · 5 May 2008 at 11:28

EVH said:
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Won?

lol, just imagine he won a Mac Pro :eek:

Flying Gribble · 5 May 2008 at 11:44

EVH said:
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Won?

Yeah - very lucky! I was at a conference in London and during the evening they had a dinner followed by a casino. Everyone was given a number of chips at the start and the person with the most at the end won the MacBook! I went from 50,000 worth to 300,000 in the last two hands and overtook the guy next to me

I must say I'm finding the Mac quite fun to use.

Fillado · 5 May 2008 at 12:06

I've got Office 2008 and it's a pain because it's screwing up the formatting of some Powerpoint files I have (not created by me obviously). All slides are on black backgrounds (with white text) but it makes anything done in equation editor black so you can't see it :mad:

So i'm having to use a combination of Keynote and Powerpoint 2008 to view the same document (Keynote cuts stuff off the bottom)... what fun!

All the problems I have with Macs extend to compatibility.

Vista and Office on a MacBook

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