New MBP should there be a word processor?

OK perhaps I'm a fool, but I have a new MBP having turned from a life of PCs, There are some Graphics/CAD programs that I need to run with Windows that I'm about to install. However, I cannot find a word processor in the Mac prior to any future use of Windows e.g. Word, there's no sign of the thing called 'Pages' nor of the old iWorks programs - don't MBPs come with a word processor?
This MBP was a replacement after I returned my recent purchase for the new Penryn processor model of the same cost. Having only used the previous item for a few days it had a trial run of MS Word. There doesn't appear to be such a thing installed in the new model.
Any guidance from you good folks?
Graeme

Hi Graeme,
The MS Office Test Drive was only for 30 days anyway (and tended to create problems for folks who bought MS Office and installed it without first deleting the trial version).
There is basic word processing available with TextEdit, which is in your Applications folder.
Pages is part of iWork (which also includes Keynote and Numbers), which is not free - you need to purchase that from Apple.
You might also consider the free NeoOffice suite, or purchase MS Office.
Hope this helps...

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Step 1:
Command 1: ( In Terminal)
'/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Resources/airport --scan'
Paste the results here.
Step 2:
Now Open console->system.log. Clear the display and Insert Marker.
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'sudo /usr/libexec/airportd -d '
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Interval Since Last Panic Report: 416453 sec
Panics Since Last Report: 1
Anonymous UUID: 78C4E633-2369-4277-AB9D-877C2067BEE2
Thu May 6 11:42:59 2010
Panic(CPU 2): Unresponsive processor
EAX: 0x00000000, EBX: 0x5b712800, ECX: 0x00000000, EDX: 0x000000d0
CR2: 0x70282c74, EBP: 0x532b0f88, ESI: 0x000000de, EDI: 0x00000000
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0x532b0e38 : 0x2af605 (0x532b0ed0 0x7e2f3d4 0x0 0x0)
0x532b0e68 : 0x2a8043 (0x2 0x532b0ed0 0x532b0ec8 0x53573a2f)
0x532b0eb8 : 0x29ecca (0x532b0ed0 0xba52bbe0 0x532b0f18 0x296cdd)
0x532b0f88 : 0x2a8043 (0xde 0x5b712800 0x532b0fb8 0x295c7d)
0x532b0fd8 : 0x29eb5e (0x5b712800 0x532b1000 0x5b713d98 0x2a10de)
0x5b712898 : 0x2256c6 (0x532b149c 0xfe922be9 0x17aee 0x532b1488)
0x5b7128f8 : 0x2264b0 (0x1 0x7e2f3d4 0x6d1b0dc 0x0)
0x5b712968 : 0x2270d4 (0x7e2f3f0 0x2194c0 0x0 0x0)
0x5b7129d8 : 0x227178 (0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x5b7129f8 : 0x2195bd (0x0 0x17aee 0x5b712a18 0x0)
0x5b712a28 : 0x52a9b7 (0xa 0x3e8 0x5b712a68 0x2195bd)
0x5b712a48 : 0x5ab48e8a (0xa 0x304 0x0 0x17aee)
0x5b712a78 : 0x5ab48f17 (0x7ce0500 0x5b712a9d 0x5b712ab8 0x5ab48ec4)
0x5b712ab8 : 0x5ab4916a (0x7ce0500 0x5b712ad8 0x0 0x0)
0x5b712af8 : 0x5ab4920f (0x7ce0500 0x434c574b 0x5b712e58 0x547551)
0x5b712b18 : 0x548d8f (0x7ce0500 0x434c574b 0x5b712e58 0x0)
Backtrace continues...
Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.driver.AppleSMC(3.0.1d2)@0x5ab44000->0x5ab4dfff
dependency: com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily(1.3.0)@0x53259000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: loginwindow
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10D2094
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.3.1: Mon Mar 22 15:13:15 PDT 2010; root:xnu-1504.3.52~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacBookPro6,2 (Mac-F22586C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 416642120344834
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com.apple.iokit.CHUDProf 216
com.apple.filesystems.afpfs 9.7
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panic(cpu 1 caller 0x28d4b9): "pmapflushtlbs() timeout: " "cpu(s) failing to respond to interrupts, pmap=0x84b6e0 cpustorespond=0x4"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1504.3.52/osfmk/i386/pmap.c:3548
Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x7e60b958 : 0x21b449 (0x5cf438 0x7e60b98c 0x2238a5 0x0)
0x7e60b9a8 : 0x28d4b9 (0x58d4e8 0x84b6e0 0x4 0x0)
0x7e60ba18 : 0x292985 (0x84b6e0 0x0 0x7e60bae8 0x4d024000)
0x7e60bb48 : 0x2936d6 (0x84b6e0 0x4d024000 0x0 0xfea68120)
0x7e60bbb8 : 0x260897 (0x84b6e0 0x4d024000 0x0 0x4d025000)
0x7e60bce8 : 0x260e32 (0x4d025000 0x0 0x1 0x0)
0x7e60bd28 : 0x259bfe (0x1875ebc 0x4d024000 0x0 0x4d025000)
0x7e60bd68 : 0x50d51e (0x1875ebc 0x4d024000 0x1000 0x0)
0x7e60bd88 : 0x4fbe8c (0xae6f540 0x0 0x1 0x364)
0x7e60bda8 : 0x4fbea7 (0xae6f540 0x0 0x7e60bdf8 0xe00002f0)
0x7e60bdc8 : 0x566048 (0xae6f540 0x4d024000 0x0 0x364)
0x7e60be18 : 0x28a5d4 (0x6d1ff80 0x8db22ac 0xaa657a0 0xaa657b8)
0x7e60be58 : 0x21d7eb (0x8db2284 0xaa65784 0x1ff0a8 0x2507)
0x7e60be98 : 0x210977 (0x8db2200 0x0 0x8cb5260 0x7edb5e0)
0x7e60bef8 : 0x216bda (0x8db2200 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x7e60bf78 : 0x293dd1 (0x8b51f08 0x0 0x0 0x0)
0x7e60bfc8 : 0x29f48d (0x8b51f04 0x0 0x10 0x9a7c4c0)
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: coreaudiod
System Profile:
Model: MacBookPro6,2, BootROM MBP61.0057.B05, 2 processors, Intel Core i7, 2.66 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.58f15
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M, PCIe, 512 MB
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics, Intel HD Graphics, Built-In, 288 MB
Memory Module: global_name
AirPort: spairportwireless_card_type_airportextreme (0x14E4, 0x93), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.14.7)
Bluetooth: Version 2.3.2f5, 2 service, 2 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
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Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
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Serial ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-898
USB Device: Hub, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfd100000
USB Device: Built-in iSight, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8507, 0xfd110000
USB Device: IR Receiver, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8242, 0xfd120000
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Note that I did run the hardware diagnostic tests found on the install DVD in extensive test mode and there were no errors found.
That may point towards RAM being at issue. Usually if there is a hardware issue, and none shows up in the hardware test, it is RAM.
To isolate it, discover if there is anything else connected to the Mac at the time it goes to sleep. If not, and all your drivers installed are tested with the operating system on it, and your data is backed up, and directory checks out fine, then it likely is the RAM. See my diagnostic steps for kernel panics*:
http://www.macmaps.com/kernelpanic.html
- * links to my pages may give me compensation.

New MBP - should I stay with Snow Leopard or jump to Lion?

Running Final Cut Studio 3 I have just upgraded our older MBP15 Core Duo to a nearly new MBP15 Quad-core i7. I will install FCS3 on it and wonder if Lion is stable with FCS now? Any thoughts?
Paul Shard
Producer - Distant Shores - www.distantshores.ca

I agree with Robert .. You really need to ask yourself why you would need Lion. I have a total of 7 various MACs from MBP to Air's and MAC Pro all stillrunning Snow Lep ..all because it does all I need and I can use FCS3 in a very stable and workflow way that suits me. I know the foibles and have no need for FXPX either. I see Robert runs both and have read on many occasions other doing the same. I have also read others having issues .. it seems to be dependant on how you upgrade .. I have no need so do not change .. I also drive a four year old car for the same reason ..
Jim
http://jimkells.com

Is there any "real" word processor for iPad?

Pages is fine for doing little posters and stuff, but not so good for real WP work. At first I thought I could just use one of the cloud WPs (google docs, Zoho, etc.), but I had some difficulty getting the keyboard to show up in Google docs.
Now I'm wondering if there is any bona fide WP available for the iPad OS? Does not have to be fancy, just good for letter writing and longer texts.
Thx,

At the moment Pages is the most advanced WP currently available for iPad that can work with doc files. The iPhone version of Quickword is a nice little app but it really doesn't offer more than Pages. I'm betting there will be other decent iPad WPs soon but it doesn't appear to be soon. I haven't heard of any announcements from developers.

I Would Like a "Expert's" config. of a new MBP

I was offered by my parants that they will but me a new MacBook Pro. As much RAM as I want, the (solid stae) newer kind of HD, but about a year ago it was getting a bad rap from a lopt of comments I read on here. I can't remember the exact name fo the HD, but I think it had solid state in it. and I took a look at the new MBPs and there is a lot that is new to me. My last MPB was about 4 years ago and did not have half as much of the functions and special parts as the newest one I could see online.
so, I am wondering for basic architecture (software use), i would like to start backing up but i never have excpet when I backed up on the CDs a long time ago, and anything ele if someone gace you the chance to put together the most basic, but powerful MacBook Pro, what would you configure? I do some arcitecture teaching on the side with grade school kids, and I teach online grad students in kinesiology and exercise rehabilitation.
Please anybody that can just put their ideal machine together, and any explnations I would appreciate it. I will right off the bat go get the max in the RAM area. Is it possible to get a battery that has a longer life? I remember when I got this MBP there was supposed to be a big difference but it has been the same maybe even a little worde than the previosu MAC.
this may sound stupid like a lot in this post, but is Lion the best and the lates OS. I am getting the iPhone 4S from my sis so if there is anything I should get with the MPB that I might use for the phone or visa-vera, I would like that. I loved the Verizon MiFI2200 3G I had with this MBP, but it stopped working and no Verizon tech could get it to work, they suggested I go to the 4G. I hear Verizon says they have 4G but they really don't. somepone told me I could get a set-up that would turn the phone into a mobile hotspot but that may be beyond my mental ability. I was thinking about just getting wither the Verizon Samsong 4g mobile hotspot or what replaced the MIFI22003G but in the 4G category. the 3 G MIfi woked grest with my MBP but I have not read anything about the 4G that Verizon has out. Both of my contracts ae up from my verizon phone and the MIFI2200 4G so they have a $50 NEw Every Two (which they stopped) but are still offering it to the people that had it coming so I have 2 of the $50 New Every Two rebate type $$ that I just subtract $50 from the any 2 devices. I am using one for either the Samsong mobile hot spot or the MIFI 2200 4G (not sure if this is the right nae for the MIFI2200 3G replacement)
Also, is it better to get the machine and bring it back to the store so they can register the machine with the machine's name, and any other reason why I would want to take it back to the store? I remember they did some things to may last one, like document some thing in various places which did help he a few times when asked for something by the genius bar, set up the One-to-One for me so I would sign in, I knew how many sessions I had, what topic areas I wanted to test, etc.
My final question, I am still using a CAT5 long kind of fryed ethernet cable. A was reading a post on here that talked about the Blekin CAT6 ethernect cable is better if you take your machine to hotls that use the ethernet connection to get the internet, it will give you a slightly fast speed, independant of the speed the internet is gettting from the hotel. Any thought on this or is still the basic CAT5 just as good? I would like a little shorter one and more quality so the thing does not crack off from the main cable, the platic tab has a less chance of breaking off.
I think that is it. It is a gift and I do not want to get anything and everything I can think of but I would like to get the best MacBook Pro the Experts would suggest.
I am hoping at least one or two experts will take uy questions seriously so I have some standard to go byt because there are so many new names for the latest MBP, I do not think I would know most of the devices I was selecting are.
Not sure if it possible, but does Mac come with USB 2.0 yet? if so, I would like as many as those as I could.
Thanks. I really do appreciate it.

There is no configuration of a MBP that will satisfy the needs of all users. The variables are too many for the tasks that are required for the MBP to perform.
If cost is no object, the fastest CPU is a given as well as RAM. Needs for same may be few and not often if ever used, but certainly will do no harm,
Storage is an issue of a HDD with greater capacity compared with the speed offered by SSD with lesser capacity.
Size can be important. The convenience of portability of a 13" MBP with the larger and heavier 15" and 17' MBPs.
In the final analysis, you have to make these decisions.
Ciao.
(I'm not an expert)

Brand new MBP 13inch VERY HOT

So i bought my new MBP 13inch about a month ago and ive noticed that it is slower than my old macbook (black 2007 model) dispite haveing double the ram and a better processor. Also I have noticed that it has become very hot. It starts after about 15minutes of use and it stays very hot. I can not have it on my lap.
Ive gone to the genius bar once for both of these problems and was told that everything is fine, but I cannot accept that since it is slower and so much hotter than my old macbook. I think this specific laptop may be a lemon.
Anyone know if these problems are normal?

Cook Book wrote:
.....Another thing that happened. Today i was watching youtube videos on my MBP and the screen would go to black, I thought the computer went to sleep but it was completely unresponsive. After a few attempts at trying to get it to wake up(with no luck) I decided to kill the power. After waiting a minute with the computer being off i just hit the power button again and the computer would start up and begin loading, but after a few seconds it would die again. I went through this process 4-5 times before it would fully load......
Sounds like the logic board may already be in its death throes.....if LB does die soon, then insist on a replacement MBP; the logic board IS a weak point on MBPs and LB failure is not uncommon.
Welcome to the world of declining MBP quality and reliability...."sigh".
Anyway, as I've said, time and again, anyone who purchases a new MBP should definitely purchase an AppleCare extended warranty before the one year warranty runs out.
A MBP owner without it is just playing Russian roulette.

A better word processor than Abiword?

IMHO, abiword sucks. It's too buggy. Openoffice it too large and bloated.
Is there a better word processor out there for GNU/Linux?

dpb wrote:And also a word processor, not a text editor.
A word processor is just a WYSIWYG (ie: broken) text editor.

Anyone NOT having Keyboard problems with newer MBP!

After reading about all the keyboard problems on the newer MBPs, is there anyone NOT having keyboard lockups or dropping letter problems? Looking to purchase a MBP soon but after reading about the many keyboard problems I will probably postpone or decide to get a different machine.

There might be a couple of things to try. You could borrow an external keyboard to use for a while--or even buy a cheap one used, and see if you still have problems or not. If you don't, there's likely a problem with the MBP keyboard itself.
Also, if you have access to an Apple Store, you might be able to make an appointment with the genius bar and get a definite diagnosis. It may be possible to arrange to get in a replacement keyboard at the Apple Store and have them fix it while you wait. Don't know for sure if that would be possible, but it's worth asking. Same with an Apple authorized repair shop--it might be possible to get it fixed without having to send it off.
Good luck!

New MBP, and am having memory trouble errors with MS Word 2004

Hi,
I know this has been talked about before, but I'm not sure where to post this question. I have a new MBP, with a full version of Word (no previous trial software installed). I have been trying to copy and past basic text files from Yahoo mail, to create a book of emails of sorts. My file size has been approaching my memory capacity (basic setup). Does it not create a swap file and let you keep going if you approach the limits of the onboard memory? I understand it will run a bit slower, but I'm only moving text files and nothing else. Why the proverbial memory/disk full error messages? Does it have anything to do with the software being non universal code?
Do I need to get rid of temporary files, as Im copying and pasting alot? If so, how?
Anyone have the same trouble, and have a clear solution? I could also swear my MPB is running alot slower with Word than I would have expected.
Any help you can give me would b appreciated.
Thanks,
Dave

I’ll try to answer your questions briefly without going into too much detail. First of all, I think the error message you are seeing is generated by MS Word and not your operating system. That particular error, and other similar ones, are quite common in Word in particular situations and are the result of a known bug.
As far as I know, there is no fix, but there are several work-arounds. The bug has to do with the number of temporary files that get created when working with large Word files. As you might guess, the larger your file, the larger the temp files, and they will quickly fill up your existing RAM, which then causes the error that generates the message. You have to delete the temp files---you can do that by saving and closing your file, then restart it. There are some scripts you can run, but that is beyond what I want to get into here (and usually is not necessary).
The other problem is that by copying and pasting text from Yahoo Mail, you are not pasting simple text---you are pasting all the HTML code, formatting, and everything else that is contained in that text. And Word saves it all, then adds its own formatting and other code---leading to corrupt files sooner or later.
And then, to make it all worse, if your file is as large as you say it is (close to system memory in size), that is one huge Word file, and Word does not handle really large files very well, especially Word 2004, but all versions of Word, Windows versions included, have trouble with large files.
Word does in fact run slowly on even the newest MacBook Pros because Word is not yet compiled for the Intel Macs and does not run natively as a universal binary but runs under Rosetta, which translates Word to run on Apple computers running Intel CPUs. If you are working with small files, it isn’t too bad, but big files will slow it down to almost a crawl at times, or it will even stop responding for several seconds between each command.
You can work around these problems by breaking your file into much smaller ones, save often (and close the file once in while), and save as a text file, rather than as a doc file.
An alternative is to use another word processor or text editor to save your copied text---there are many that will work as well as or better than Word for what you want to do. Pages is a good alternative----I have to collaborate on Word files every day, and I prefer to work on my MacBook Pro (although I also use Windows-based computers about as frequently, too), and except for the most complex Word files with tables, charts, and pictures, Pages works very well, and you can save the file as a Word document, too, if you need to.
Hope that answers some of your questions----and always remember….I could be wrong.

Pages: Is there a way to make lines independent, like a real word processor

There are so many things that infuriate me about Pages. Save As.. missing, autosave, etc which are NOT like 99% of other apps on the Mac.
Specifially (today):
I have a letter in Pages. It’s a standard business letter you have see 1m times.
After the first line of the address, at the top of the letter, I insert a carriage return and BINGO, the tabs in the middle of the letter are suddenly all messed up.
Grrrrrr.
Is there a way to make lines independent in Pages? I have this crazy belief that letters are not Web Pages, not HTML, and that an extra line somewhere should not reformat following lines way down the page.
Alternately, is there some 3rd party word processor that works like the old Apple Works, with graphics and tables you can recommend?
Thanks

William Donelson wrote:
There are so many things that infuriate me about Pages. Save As.. missing, autosave, etc which are NOT like 99% of other apps on the Mac.
Save As is still there, hold down the option key as you go to the File menu. This is not Pages, it is Mountain Lion.
Specifially (today):
I have a letter in Pages. It’s a standard business letter you have see 1m times.
After the first line of the address, at the top of the letter, I insert a carriage return and BINGO, the tabs in the middle of the letter are suddenly all messed up.
Grrrrrr.
Then you are doing something wrong, probably pounding away at spaces, tabs and returns to position things. Turn on invisibles to see what is going on:
Menu > View > Show Invisibles
If you have strings of tabs, spaces and returns that is the problem.
Is there a way to make lines independent in Pages?
Yes, hit the return key. Like every other Word Processing program.
I have this crazy belief that letters are not Web Pages, not HTML, and that an extra line somewhere should not reformat following lines way down the page.
Alternately, is there some 3rd party word processor that works like the old Apple Works, with graphics and tables you can recommend?
Time to learn Pages. AppleWorks is dead. Stop pining for it. This is a case of user error and instead of blaming Pages, it would pay to find out what you have done and stop doing that.
Pages, except for the fancy DTP features, tables and charts works like most other Word Processing apps. Just a case of learning new tricks. My guess is you have other stuff going on.

My new MBP is really messed up and I am wondering what I should do.

(sorry for the mess of a post. I just had the good news of having brain cancer and they put this dressing all over my entire head I can barely see, but I want to post this, so I am going to give it a shot.)
I went to see a genius at the local apple store. After spending 1 hour trying to fix all the software and hardware issues, he went to the back of the store, came back and said we are getting you a new MBP with all the equivalant upgrades you had with the other one (the one that had all the problems). I received the new MBP, the same genius said if I leave my old MBP with him he will transfer all the data over and call me when it is done. I got the new MBP, have had it for about 3 weeks and there are more problems than ever. I have no idea what this would do to a new computer but the genius transfered all my data/files/settings over to my new MBP and he did this before or without fixing all the software problems I was having on the computer he transfered my date from.
Now my software updates... is not working. I read the article, trashed 3 apple.softwareupdates.com preferences wit no help. I find out that he said after I asked about iLife; "yes you will get iLife, all Apple computers come with iLife. There is no iLife 09 just my old iLife 08. When I spotlight iLife 09, no iLife comes up only in emails. It does not even pick up my old 08iLife that is in a folder which was transfered over from my old computer.
The manager at the apple store said to install iLife09 from the gray disk. However, for some reason the new updates my computer needs are not triggering the software updater telling me there are new updates. It looks like the genius did an update before I picked it up and it updated one security issue, but no iTunes 9/1/1 or any other updates I should have received when I look at all the recent MBP update (Apple updates only) list.
When I do go to look at the current updates for this computer it brings me to an Apple website that has all my old updates from the old MBP and in a Finder file it shows all the updates from the old computer and just the one that the genius updated for me.
Does any body have any idea what I should do? It is frustrating. I would like to just start from the beginning with the new computer, wipe everything off and install it all new and get rid of all the stuff from my old MBP that was transfered to my new MBP.
Thank for any help.

I would wipe the hard drive and start from scratch. The only thing I would save from the old comp are documents, movies and music also make sure you have any passwords or mail that you need to keep. I would avoid Time Machine and just do a normal backup. Boot from the installer and go to disk utilities in the menu and erase the hard drive. When that is done do a custom install and avoid any demos and software you don't use. Install QuickTime 7 from the optional installs.
Then manually download and install the OS updates before installing any third party apps avoiding the combos. Depending on your install OS version you may not need all those below.
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/macosx_updates/macosxv1061update.htm l
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/macosx_updates/macosxv1062update.htm l
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1018
When you are done run software update and install the security updates only. When you are done with those you can install whatever application updaters there are and then move on to installing your third party apps.
Hope everything works out for you.

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