I cant find acrobat reader that will run on my MBP?!?

what am I doing wrong? I go to the acrobat download webage, download either of the available file formats, and they dont work??
help.

I just visited the adobe site and downloaded their latest acrobat reader, 7.08 and it works fine on my MBP, although the actual installation process is a bit untidy. Mac does leave a bit to the imagination with some of their install methods
However, after installing it, I find it works perfectly with no problems at all.
I just noticed that it is now called the adobe reader - they dropped the acrobat name - probably to avoid confusion with the one that also writes.
Go to:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
it works for me.
Another potential solution is ghostscript
http://www.ghostscript.com/
One advantage of ghostscript is that it reads many "locked" pdf files and can also edit and write pdf, unlike the adobe reader.
I have not yet tried this one on my MBP, but it works on my Linux and Winder boxes.

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