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Mac Forum / Applications / MS Office / October 2005Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac - Disk Unreadable
I recently purchased an Ibook that came with the latest version of Mac OS X (10.4.2). I also purchased at my school's bookstore (Boston College) the latest version of Microsoft office (2004 standard edition). I was told that it would be compatible - however, my computer can't even read the disk! I have tried the disk on macs in our computer lab at school and it works fine - these have an older version of OS...any ideas of how i can get this downloaded? They won't let me return the disk and my bookstore (since it's opened) and keep sending me to the school's computer helpdesk - they are clueless and can't help me - have suggested I reinstall Mac OS? I don't see how that will help....Any suggestions would be MUCH appreciated as I am in desperate need of Office and don't want to have wasted 100 dollars on this software...thank you! Hi Caitlin, We can see that it's either something wrong with your computer or something wrong with the disk. Since other computers can read the disk, it's probably something wrong with your computer, not the disk Can your computer read other disks? What exactly happened when you put the disk in? Any error messages? -Jim Gordon Mac MVP ---------- > I recently purchased an Ibook that came with the latest version of Mac > OS X (10.4.2). I also purchased at my school's bookstore (Boston [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > desperate need of Office and don't want to have wasted 100 dollars on > this software...thank you! Other CDs work in my computer...I don't get an error message unless I restart the computer with the disk in...otherwise it just tries to read it for a very long time and eventually gives (makes a lot of noise for about an hour). Hi Caitlin- According to a quick look at Apple's Discussions forum, it appears you are not alone. There are enough reports of Combo Drive misbehavior to suggest that the problem lies with the drive. Depending on where you purchased the iBook I would go back to them or to a local Apple Store or service center & have the drive checked out. Good Luck |:>) On 10/22/05 7:06 PM, in article 1130022396.855057.313780@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com, "Caitlin" <kneram@bc.edu> wrote: > I recently purchased an Ibook that came with the latest version of Mac > OS X (10.4.2). I also purchased at my school's bookstore (Boston [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > desperate need of Office and don't want to have wasted 100 dollars on > this software...thank you! Thanks to both of you! I suspected it was something with my computer... |
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