Office 2008 for Mac shipping- I got mine
While I was laying around the past few days I plain forgot I had preordered my very own copy of Office 2008 for the Mac and it arrived today. I am really looking forward to giving this new version a spin as I really like the ribbon interface on the Windows side which has made it to the new Mac version. I am also hoping to find that Entourage does a much better job at interacting with my Exchange Server. Unfortunately I cannot see if that’s the case because my MacBook Pro seems to be dead. The only thing it will do when I try to power it on is beep 3 times along with flashing the power on light 3 times, all of this while the screen is just white. Sounds like a trip back to Apple, which is a lousy way to try to sell me an Air.
Glad to see you posting again.
Not good news about the MBP.
Shouldn’t you be in bed recovering?!?!?!?!?!
Hmm… maybe you can give us some comments or a short personal review after you get the product. Maybe it’s a good time that you upgrade your puppy to MacBook Air. What say you? Life is short.
I certainly agree with Jon. Please don’t push it. . . we need your “unique” brand of humor online and in podcasts, but want you healthy!
I certainly agree with Jon. Please don’t push it. . . we need your “unique” brand of humor online and in podcasts, but want you healthy!
Maybe the MBP is jealous of the new MacBook Air, like Willy says
Sounds like a memory problem. You might try reseating the RAM. If that doesn’t work try one stick at a time to see if one stick is bad. Glad you’re feeling better. Get well soon!
Good lord.. put the computer down and relax for god’s sake. JkOnTheRun needs to be jkOnTheMend for at least week or two!!!!
If it weren’t for that infection James could be out running a marathon if he wanted. These “mini-strokes” (strokes that result in no impairment) leave nothing but an emotional shock behind. He could have an incapacitating stroke an hour from now, 20 years from now, or die in his sleep from “old age” decades from now. No way to know or predict it. Just like before he had the event.
Just let the man enjoy his blog eh?
As for the Macbook Pro, pull the SODIMM’s, blast out the memory sticks and memory slots with canned air and re-assemble. If still beeping take it to an Apple store and a Genius should be able to swap out the SODIMMs to get it back on its feet almost immediately.
For you MBP:
1) reset the PRAM (option+P+R when booting)
2) check the file system integrity (either booting from an external HD or by booting in single user mode (option+s) and typing fsck -y
3) Check the hardware (RAM) by booting from an external HD and using techtool that came with your applecare. Uhh just a comment on that: booting from techtool CD is a pain. Better have it installed on an external system
4) get that bad ram out of the way
5) Don’t drive! Cure the infection first.
I use iWork – it’s a LOT cheaper
Bummer, I just realized that I have a macro in a spreadsheet that I use every week. If I upgrade, no macro. What to do?
Excel macros don’t work in 2008?
Information Week:
One potential negative for Office 2008 for Mac, especially in corporate realms, is that the new software drops support for Visual Basic for Applications. That means macro compatibility could be greatly affected by business power users who choose to upgrade, unless their add-ins were developed in .Net.
So does that mean only VBA is missing or all macros?
See Macworld article about cutting VBA from Office 2008:
http://www.macworld.com/article/54320/2006/12/microsoft.html