Microsoft Office v. X was a version of the Microsoft Office productivity suite released for Mac OS X. It was announced by Microsoft on September 19, 2001 and was the first version to be developed specifically for the Mac OS X operating system.[1] It is not backwards compatible with Mac OS 9.[2] The office 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 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 drive space.
- CD-ROM drive or network connection.
- 800 x 600 or larger display with support for at least 256 colors.[6]
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 Wikipedia
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