Microsoft Office v. X was announced by Microsoft on September 19, 2001 as the first version of Microsoft Office to be developed specifically for Mac OS X.[1] This was accomplished through Carbonization and is PowerPC native, requiring the presence of Rosetta to run on Macs with Intel processors. It is not backwards compatible with Mac OS 9.[2] The software suite was released to manufacturing on October 24 and became available through retail stores on November 19, 2001.[3][4] Support for Office v. X ended on January 9, 2007 after the release of the final update, 10.1.9.
Description[]
Included software[]
Office v.X includes Word v. X, Excel v. X, PowerPoint v. X, Entourage v. X, MSN Messenger for Mac, and Windows Media Player 9 for Mac; it was the last version of Office for Mac to include Internet Explorer for Mac.[5]
System requirements[]
- PowerPC G3 or higher processor with support for Mac OS X.
- Mac OS X 10.1 to 10.5.8 (up to 10.6.8 with Rosetta).
- 128 MB of RAM.
- 196 MB of available hard drive space.
- CD-ROM drive or network connection for installation.
- 800 x 600 or larger display with support for at least 256 colors.[6]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Enhancements, Improvements and New Features Abound In Microsoft Entourage X for Mac, Microsoft. 2001-09-19.
- ↑ Microsoft Office X for Mac by John Rizzo, ZDNet. 2001-11-29.
- ↑ Microsoft Releases Office v. X for Mac to Manufacturing, Microsoft. 2001-10-24.
- ↑ Microsoft Office v. X for Mac Hits U.S. Retail Stores, Microsoft. 2001-11-19.
- ↑ Reviews: Microsoft Office v. X by Tom Negrino, Macworld. 2002-01-31.
- ↑ Minimum System Requirements for Office v. X, Microsoft. Archived 2001-11-10.
External links[]
- Office v. X for Mac at Microsoft (archived 2001-11-10)
- What's new in Office v. X (archived 2001-11-09)
- Microsoft Office v. X at the Microsoft Wiki
- Microsoft Office v. X at Wikipedia
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