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    installing software to laptop(apple)

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by scrillah, Dec 26, 2005.

  1. scrillah

    scrillah Newbie

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    i heard that we cannot simply install other softwares to apple's laptop... is that true?
     
    scrillah, Dec 26, 2005
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    SpacemanSpiff Everything in Moderation

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    Well, software is operating system and processor family specific.

    So, in general, you can't run Mac software on a Windows machine, nor vice-versa. (Yeah, there are emulators and such, but . . . )
     
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    scrillah Newbie

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    u mean apple doesnt support, microsoft word and things like that? and apple doesnt support program ownd by microsoft?
     
    scrillah, Dec 26, 2005
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    SoFloAcer Notebook Geek

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    The simple answer to this is that there are many software titles written for various OSs. Microsoft, for example, has a version of Office for both Windows and OS X. The windows version won't work on a Mac and the OS X version won't work on a PC...thus you need to know what OS you have and then buy software for that OS. All software will list "system requirements" which will tell you what the minimum hardware and OS is for the software to run correctly.
     
    SoFloAcer, Dec 26, 2005
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