Can I run Office 2011 on 2009 Macbook 10.5.8?
I have a Macbook from 2009 and need to get Office suite of software. OS X 10.5.8. Can I run the latest version Office 2011, or do I need to go back to Office 2008?
Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook5,2
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Should work. System Requirements: Mac OS X version 10.5.8 or later.
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