Sas - statistical program on intel mac - please help!

Hi. I really need to know if I can run the PC version of sas, the statistical program, on the new intel macs. I am a loyal mac user, but am entering a doctoral program that requires me to use sas on a daily basis and everyone else has a PC. I will only be able to get the software from my lab and they do not make a mac version that is up-to-date, plus, what I do must be compatible with everyone else. Any help on this topic is much appreciated. I have been getting discouraging information about this. I would love to just get a new intel mac, but, I can't spend the next 2-3 years suffering through computer problems like I am now.
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

I am not sure if that is true... I have heard that there are some issues with calculation errors and I know people who have not gotten it to run on their macs. I really want to know from someone who has actually gotten it to work that is does work, not that theoretically it should work.

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I followed this procedure to check my files:
Please read this whole message before doing anything.
The following procedure will help whether your system has been modified. Don’t be alarmed by the complexity of these instructions — they’re easy to carry out and won’t change anything on your Mac.
These steps are to be taken while booted in “normal” mode, not in safe mode. If you’re now running in safe mode, reboot as usual before continuing.
Below are instructions to enter some UNIX shell commands. The commands are harmless, but they must be entered exactly as given in order to work. If you have doubts about the safety of the procedure suggested here, search this site for other discussions in which it’s been followed without any report of ill effects.
Some of the commands will line-wrap or scroll in your browser, but each one is really just a single line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, and you can then either copy or drag it. The headings “Step 1” and so on are not part of the commands.
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☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
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Step 1
Copy or drag — do not type — the line below into the Terminal window, then press return:
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I believe that I have a keylogger or some sort of spyware installed on my mac, please help!
POST YOUR OUTPUT FOR REVIEW/COMMENT.
After running these commands, here is the output. Can you please tell me if you see anything here. I would be so grateful.
com.oxsemi.driver.OxsemiDeviceType00 (1.28.13)
at.obdev.nke.LittleSnitch (4052)
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com.wdc.WDSmartWareServer
com.wdc.WDDMservice
com.sierrawireless.SwitchTool
com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper
com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool
com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper
com.lacie.desktopmanager.service
com.google.keystone.daemon
com.adobe.fpsaud
at.obdev.littlesnitchd
jp.buffalo.NASPower
com.oracle.java.Java-Updater
com.lacie.eventsactions.launcher.agent
com.hp.messagecenter.launcher
com.hp.devicemonitor
com.google.keystone.system.agent
at.obdev.LittleSnitchUIAgent
com.nds.pcshow.uninstall
com.nds.pcshow
com.facebook.videochat.thomasbrown.updater
com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae
com.adobe.AAM.Scheduler-1.0
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/Library/Components:
/Library/Extensions:
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AEProfiling.framework
AERegistration.framework
Adobe AIR.framework
AudioMixEngine.framework
EWSMac.framework
HPDeviceModel.framework
HPPml.framework
HPScan.framework
HPServicesInterface.framework
HPSmartPrint.framework
HPSmartX.framework
NyxAudioAnalysis.framework
PluginManager.framework
Snapfish.framework
iLifeFaceRecognition.framework
iLifeKit.framework
iLifePageLayout.framework
iLifeSQLAccess.framework
iLifeSlideshow.framework
iTunesLibrary.framework
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/Library/Internet Plug-Ins:
AdobePDFViewer.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
Quartz Composer.webplugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
SharePointWebKitPlugin.webplugin
Silverlight.plugin
flashplayer.xpt
googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
nsIQTScriptablePlugin.xpt
o1dbrowserplugin.plugin
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/Library/LaunchAgents:
at.obdev.LittleSnitchUIAgent.plist
com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
com.google.keystone.agent.plist
com.hp.devicemonitor.plist
com.hp.messagecenter.launcher.plist
com.lacie.eventsactions.launcher.agent.plist
com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist
jp.buffalo.NASPower.plist
jp.buffalo.NASPower_pla.plist
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at.obdev.littlesnitchd.plist
com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
com.apple.remotepairtool.plist
com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
com.lacie.desktopmanager.service.plist
com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist
com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist
com.sierrawireless.SwitchTool.plist
com.wdc.WDDMservice.plist
com.wdc.WDSmartWareServer.plist
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Flash Player.prefPane
HP Scanjet.prefPane
JavaControlPanel.prefPane
/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools:
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NasNavigator2.app
com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper
com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper
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GBQLGenerator.qlgenerator
iWork.qlgenerator
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AppleIntermediateCodec.component
AppleMPEG2Codec.component
/Library/ScriptingAdditions:
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Microsoft Entourage.mdimporter
Microsoft Office.mdimporter
iWeb.mdimporter
iWork.mdimporter
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ChmodBPF
HP IO
LocSvc
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/etc/mach_init_per_user.d:
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SkypeABDialer.bundle
SkypeABSMS.bundle
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Brush Script
Times New Roman
Verdana
Wingdings
Wingdings 2
Wingdings 3
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fonts.dir
fonts.list
fonts.scale
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EWSMac.framework
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fbplugin_1_0_3.plugin
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I followed this procedure to check my files:
Please read this whole message before doing anything.
The following procedure will help whether your system has been modified. Don’t be alarmed by the complexity of these instructions — they’re easy to carry out and won’t change anything on your Mac.
These steps are to be taken while booted in “normal” mode, not in safe mode. If you’re now running in safe mode, reboot as usual before continuing.
Below are instructions to enter some UNIX shell commands. The commands are harmless, but they must be entered exactly as given in order to work. If you have doubts about the safety of the procedure suggested here, search this site for other discussions in which it’s been followed without any report of ill effects.
Some of the commands will line-wrap or scroll in your browser, but each one is really just a single line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, and you can then either copy or drag it. The headings “Step 1” and so on are not part of the commands.
Note: If you have more than one user account, Step 2 must be taken as an administrator. Ordinarily that would be the user created automatically when you booted the system for the first time. The other steps should be taken as the user who has the problem, if different. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this paragraph doesn’t apply.
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the page that opens.
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Step 1
Copy or drag — do not type — the line below into the Terminal window, then press return:
kextstat -kl | awk '!/com\.apple/{printf "%s %s\n", $6, $7}'
Post the lines of output (if any) that appear below what you just entered (the text, please, not a screenshot.) You can omit the final line ending in “$”.
Step 2
Repeat with this line:
sudo launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.(apple|openssh|vix)|edu\.mit|org\.(amavis|apache|cups|isc|ntp|postfix|x)/{print $3}'
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Note: If you don’t have a login password, you’ll need to set one before taking this step. If that’s not possible, skip to the next step.
Step 3
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Step 4
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Step 5
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get name of every login item' 2> /dev/null
Remember, steps 1-5 are all drag-and-drop or copy-and-paste, whichever you prefer — no typing, except your password. Also remember to post the output.
You can then quit Terminal.
I believe that I have a keylogger or some sort of spyware installed on my mac, please help!
POST YOUR OUTPUT FOR REVIEW/COMMENT.
After running these commands, here is the output. Can you please tell me if you see anything here. I would be so grateful.
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at.obdev.nke.LittleSnitch (4052)
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com.wdc.WDDMservice
com.sierrawireless.SwitchTool
com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper
com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool
com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper
com.lacie.desktopmanager.service
com.google.keystone.daemon
com.adobe.fpsaud
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jp.buffalo.NASPower
com.oracle.java.Java-Updater
com.lacie.eventsactions.launcher.agent
com.hp.messagecenter.launcher
com.hp.devicemonitor
com.google.keystone.system.agent
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com.nds.pcshow
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HPPml.framework
HPScan.framework
HPServicesInterface.framework
HPSmartPrint.framework
HPSmartX.framework
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iLifeSlideshow.framework
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Quartz Composer.webplugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
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googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
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com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
com.google.keystone.agent.plist
com.hp.devicemonitor.plist
com.hp.messagecenter.launcher.plist
com.lacie.eventsactions.launcher.agent.plist
com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist
jp.buffalo.NASPower.plist
jp.buffalo.NASPower_pla.plist
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at.obdev.littlesnitchd.plist
com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
com.apple.remotepairtool.plist
com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
com.lacie.desktopmanager.service.plist
com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist
com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper.plist
com.sierrawireless.SwitchTool.plist
com.wdc.WDDMservice.plist
com.wdc.WDSmartWareServer.plist
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Flash Player.prefPane
HP Scanjet.prefPane
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com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper
com.oracle.java.JavaUpdateHelper
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GBQLGenerator.qlgenerator
iWork.qlgenerator
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AppleMPEG2Codec.component
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Microsoft Entourage.mdimporter
Microsoft Office.mdimporter
iWeb.mdimporter
iWork.mdimporter
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SkypeABDialer.bundle
SkypeABSMS.bundle
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Wingdings 3
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fonts.scale
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EWSMac.framework
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fbplugin_1_0_3.plugin
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com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae.plist
com.facebook.videochat.thomasbrown.plist
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com.nds.pcshow.uninstall.plist
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All programs quit unexpectedly. Please HELP!

My iBook is nearly 3 years old now, but I've been having this problem since 2 months after my purchase date and it has slowly gotten worse over the years. It didn't really bother me until this last year when my work load increased and the crashing became more and more frequent (because I am working more?).
All programs quit unexpectedly--MS Word, Safari, Explorer, Firefox, AIM, iPhoto, Adobe Reader, etc--a lot! It doesn't seem to matter if I have 1 thing running or 5 or 10. For example, I will have one fairly sizeable word doc open and be cutting and pasting a small (10 words) amount of text and it will quit. Or I will go to save it (which I am now obsessed with doing every 5 minutes) and it will quit.
I have taken my computer in about 5 times in the last 9 months to have this issue resolved, but to no avail. They say, "Seems like a software problem" and come up with nothing. They've run the hardware tests and find nothing. They've checked for viruses, corrupted files, etc and always find nothing. They can't replicate the problem even though it happens to me at least twice in an 8 hour day. They've erinstalled OSX and that didn't help either. I feel like I am going crazy--especially in light of the amount of Word data I have lost in the last year.
Among other issues I've had--the motherboard (it was "fried" meaning the computer wouldn't even turn on) was replaced last March and the hard drive (it would make a weird grinding noise and then the programs would close) was replaced in November. I was hoping these replacements would solve my problems, but they clearly haven't.
Are there Lemon Laws for computers? What can I do?! I don't have the money for a new computer
Other potentially useful info:
I had them upgrade the RAM to 512 when I bought it
I have a 30GB of which about 8GB are free
They tell me the RAM tests fine
My warranty runs out at the end of February :/
I am so sick of visiting the Mac "Geniuses" that I now go out of my way to an authorized dealer instead because they don't treat me like I am totally insane. PLEASE HELP!
iBook G4

Sorry to hear about the problems you are having with your iBook.
I would inspect the RAM chips in your computer. You could have gotten a foul RAM chip or installed the wrong type of RAM (even though it may fit in the slot, it may not be the one specified for your model of iBook).
I would also try reinstalling OS X again, completely wiping the drive clean before you do so.
If that doesn't work, you could try resetting the PRAM and NVRAM (look in the knowledge base for documents on how to do this; it is an easy search).
If you are still having trouble, get on the phone with Apple and try to arrange a hardware repair and/or replacement.
The best of luck to you and your problem. I hope that your issue is resolved in the near future.
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New to mac, please help - installer damaged!!!

i apologize up front this may be scattered and rambling but i hope it makes sense, as i am in panic mode!
I was recently trying to update microsoft office 2008 mac and once the download was complete it tried to install and failed! It said "installer is damaged" this may be due to administrator privileges or disk permissions, etc... blah blah blah... I did a permissions repair right before the update
I have been using my iMac for about a month now, im somewhat familiar with it and everything is running fine... this is the first time i have been worried... is this the installer for that program? or my iMac?
I hope i can still install apps on my iMac... what should i do ?
please help, thanks in advance

Hi Iturn,
When you say you tried to updated MS Office 2008 I'm assuming you already had it on your iMac and just tried to install the 12.1.5 update, is that correct? If it is I had a similar situation when I tried to update to 12.1.5. It wasn't an iMac problem it was an issue with the Office 2008. After calling MS support we did a complete uninstall of Office 2008 (don't worry you won't lose data files), then re-installed it and then downloaded the update. After doing the uninstall, reinstall and update it has been working just fine.
If you need help I would recommend calling MS, you will find the support number in it's documentation.

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