I like that idea though--swapping in a hard drive with snow leopard from another machine. I know ram is soldered to the board on the new retina mbps, but the hard drive should still be swappable right? Or that's soldered too On Sep 17, 2012 12:05 PM, "Bruce Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Sep 17, 2012, at 3:09 AM, tedg 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). > > When it comes to MS software 'ass-u-me' :-/ > > Office 2008 is a not-unreasonable upgrade from 2004, but Office 2011 is > the full 'modern' office in all it's multi-tab clippy-esque glory. Has she > tried something like LibreOffice? More like the old Office than Office > is.... > > > > > > So the question is, can we install SL on a current MBP? > > On a 2012 MBP? very doubtful, especially if you get the Retina model. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > > -- > 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/
