With some jumping of hoops, you can run Snow Leopard on a late 2011 MBP. Mine was made in March 2012, replacing a 2006 model. I upgraded to latest system then found out about the Rosetta issue since I'm still using an early version of FileMake Pro so I had to drop down to Snow Leopard again. The MBP will accept it if you swap in a hard drive with it pre-installed.
Good Luck Chris On 2012-09-17, at 7:15 AM, Dan Usmar wrote: > No, is the short answer. The last MBPs to support Snow Leopard were the > early 2011 models. > > As far as Office goes, you can still run 2004 under Rosetta in Snow Leopard, > although 2008 looks a lot similar. > > Hope this helps, > > Dan > > On 17 September 2012 11:09, tedg <[email protected]> wrote: > My partner needs a new Macbook and we will likely buy the fastest we can get. > > But she does not want to upgrade from her Leopard/Word 2004 setup. I am > pretty sure I can get her to upgrade to Snow Leopard and the Word version may > be negotiable if the new version can look like the old (which I assume is > true). > > So the question is, can we install SL on a current MBP? > > — Ted > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for > those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for > those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
