Using MS Office with OS X 10.4.11?

wiputnam wrote:

Is it even possible to put Leopard onto my machine, or is 10.4.11 the best I can get on this old of a machine?

Leopard requirements

MS Office X Standard 2004 for Mac..OSX 10.2.8 or later.

Office 2004 will run on Tiger 10.4 thru Snow Leopard 10.6, but not on Lion 10.7. Really, the only reason you'd want a new version is to create .docx files. Microsoft provides a .docx reader for Office 2004.

If you don't want to spend alot of money, is it an option to look at Apple's iWork? That has the equivalents of Excel and Word, plus Powerpoint for $79, and runs on 10.4.11 or later systems. I'm using them now under Lion since my Office 2004 won't run under Lion.

Another option would be one of the free open office systems like NeoOffice.

If your system can meet the requirements, I'd consider upgrading to Snow Leopard, just for operating system and program/browser currency, if nothing else. Costs $29. Requirements are:

• Mac computer with an Intel processor
• 1GB of memory
• 5GB of available disk space
• DVD drive for installation

And that means you really want more memory, like 2GB to get decent performance.

wiputnam wrote:

I want to use MS Office on my Intel iMac with OS X 10.4.11. I just need the basic use of Excel and Word, and I don't want to spend much money to get this stuff. What is my best option?

Should I buy Office 2004 (which I believe is compatible with the Tiger OS) or should I upgrade OS to Leopard / Snow Leopard and purchase a newer version of Office? Is it even possible to put Leopard onto my machine, or is 10.4.11 the best I can get on this old of a machine?

Thanks!

If you just need Excel and Word download Open Office from here, you can use it on Tiger or later, PPC or Intel Mac (just pick the correct version from the list) and it is free.