Microsoft Office - Macbook Pro

I want to get Microsoft Office for my Macbook Pro, is this the best one for me? Microsoft Office 365 Home?
What would I get with this and how long for?

Double_G_83 wrote:
Thank you for your help with this.
If I wanted to install windows for my Mac how would I do this?
Sorry for all the questions, I'm new to Mac so I'm starting from scratch, I think I need lessons!!
What would you recommend?
I don't make heavy use of Office, either the MS version or LibreOffice, but given that LibreOffice is free, I'd recommend first trying it out to see if it does all of what you need. If you're careful to save all the LibreOffice-created files in Microsoft file formats, should you eventually settle on MS Office, you'll still be able to use them. Again, I haven't used MS Office for Mac but I've read complaints here from people familiar with Office for Windows that capabilities are missing on the Mac version.
I've always used Windows on a Mac as a virtual machine, specifically with VMware Fusion, but the installation process is remarkably simple and once Windows is running, it's basically a PC running in a window on your Mac. Allan Jones is right that using the Windows+Office route adds extra expense, and with Windows 7 about to be put out to pasture, all you can buy an installer for is Windows 8.1 right now (MS is supposed to be releasing a Consumer Preview of Windows 10 shortly). In Fusion, installing Windows is largely a matter of presenting the Windows installer disk image to Fusion and letting it do its thing. I've marveled at the flexibility of a virtual machine rather than a real Windows installation (Mac or PC), which is why I've stayed with it.

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A volume licensing aggreement is the best plan for your case, I think.
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Here is the reference you'll need:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee624358(v=office.15).aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn385359(v=office.15).aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee624357(v=office.15).aspx
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You have JavaScript enabled in all the browsers, yes? Have you tried launch the browsers in Safe Mode?
serviceberry wrote:
I have a 12 inch 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Macbook Pro with OS 10.8.3 installed (though the problem started when I still had Snow Leopard).
Not aware of a 12-inch Intel MBP. Anyway, could you possibly have an old version of flash player on your computer too. Look in the In the Internet Plug-ins folder to be sure you have only one flash player plugin. Path is HD/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/Flash Player.plugin
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1 - How do I even check how much memory I have left on this computer?
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3 - I want to upgrade to Microsoft Office '11 because I don't have Adobe Acrobat to creat pdf's and I need to be able to do this for school... Instead of buying acrobat, I figured I would just upgrade to Office '11
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4 - Does Apple still make batteries for this computer (from '07)? How much do they cost?
5 - How much does 1 more GB of memory cost?
I'll "ditto" sig's answers to these.
AND lastly -- is it even worth it to spend the $ on more RAM, a new battery and Office '11?
Or does it make more sense to just get a new computer entirely? (trying to avoid this).
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Can i use microsoft office for mac on windows 7 installed on macbook pro?, can i use microsoft office for mac on windows 7 installed on macbook pro?

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