anyone know where to download the FULL version of office for a mac? (os x leopard)? Obviously I'll pay for it but I can only find "updates"

8/19/2008 8:04:48 PM

the apple store has the discs that will let you download them to your computer. Obviously you'll have to pay for them though.

or if you're on campus the bookstore..since they sell Macs there too.

oh and tech talk.

[Edited on August 19, 2008 at 8:07 PM. Reason : asdf]

8/19/2008 8:06:44 PM

i just got a Mac Air....no cd drive....hence the download....

I guess I'm fucked into buying the damn external drive

8/19/2008 8:09:05 PM

well either buy the external drive or find a friend with a Mac and use their drive.


if you had included that in your OP it would have been more helpful

8/19/2008 8:09:54 PM

isohunt.com may have a copy

8/19/2008 8:17:42 PM

or get the cd

mount it on another os x box

share the contents over AFP

p.s. don't get the apple external drive, it's pretty but it's way overpriced. just get a usb dvd-rw from somewhere.

8/19/2008 8:36:17 PM

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"it's pretty but it's way overpriced"

A first for Apple I'm sure

8/19/2008 8:39:04 PM

or do what i said. for free

or buy any drive. use it. make an image of the cd. take drive back

$0 spent

..profit

8/19/2008 8:40:20 PM

might charge for restocking.

8/19/2008 9:56:57 PM

Firewire Target Disk Mode, FTW!

8/19/2008 10:25:32 PM

well yeah

you could buy the license

then download the iso from a torrent site and mount it

8/19/2008 10:36:22 PM

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"i just got a Mac Air....no cd drive....hence the download.... I guess I'm fucked into buying the damn external drive"

this issue was fully discussed when the Air was released. You can use the CD/DVD drive from any networked Mac or PC to install anything onto your Air with a feature called Remote Disc

i'm sure instructions are in the little Macbook Air manual, or elsewhere
http://www.apple.com/macbookair/wireless.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1777
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1131

8/19/2008 11:20:07 PM

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"p.s. don't get the apple external drive, it's pretty but it's way overpriced. just get a usb dvd-rw from somewhere. "

Umm... It's pretty well priced for a portable bus-powered DVD burner.

Plextor
http://reviews.cnet.com/dvd-drives/plextor-px-608cu/4505-3212_7-32340366.html?hhTest=1&tag=also
$150

LG
http://www.mobilecomputermag.co.uk/20071212211/lg-gsa-e50n-external-dvd-writer.html
$90 (really 48 pounds)

Lacie
http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?pid=10986
$99.99

[Edited on August 19, 2008 at 11:56 PM. Reason : ]

8/19/2008 11:45:11 PM

o rly

i thought it was more expensive than $100 for some reason

oh well in that case, get the external superdrive, $100 isn't bad at all for such a tiny bus-powered drive.

p.s. do this: http://tnkgrl.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/macbook-air-superdrive-for-all/

8/20/2008 12:47:08 AM

You just have to be on a network with a mac that has a dvd drive. Hell, if you stopped by the bookstore when it wasn't insanely busy I'm sure one or two of the people there would be glad to use the macs they have on display to let you install your software. Failing that, I'm pretty sure they have a usb dvd drive or two they might be able to use.

I put special emphasis on the whole "not insanely busy" part; it's back to school rush after all and the people there are all probably half way to strangling each other let alone customers by now. Seriously, 5-6 people handling 1200 or so computer orders each fall plus all the other stuff... yeah can't be a relaxed bunch by any stretch.

^Yeah 100 bucks for a slim usb powered dvd burner isn't all that terrible. Look up the cost on the ones from Lenovo...

[Edited on August 20, 2008 at 2:24 AM. Reason : ]

8/20/2008 2:23:29 AM

^ The remote drive sw works on Windows too.

And for Office 2004 the install was just to drag a folder. I don't know how the new one is, but if it's the same way, you could drag the folder to a USB flash drive, then from the USB key copy it to the Air. Even if this is not how the install is, you could probably just drag all the files FROM the disk to a USb flash drive.

This might even be faster than using the net drive thing too.

8/20/2008 2:49:46 PM

^^, ^

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"or get the cd mount it on another os x box share the contents over AFP"

8/20/2008 6:03:01 PM

^I was agreeing...

8/21/2008 7:05:04 AM