| According to Apple's Y2K Disclosure, all Macintosh computers and all versions of the Macintosh operating systems are Y2K compliant. However, Apple strongly recommends that you upgrade to the current version of the operating system for your model. You can read more about upgrading your operating system, or click on a link in the table below to download an upgrade. |
| Current Versions of Macintosh System Software | |
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| Processor Family | Version |
| All PowerPC-based Macintosh computers | Mac OS 8.5 or Mac OS 8.5.1 |
| All 68040-based Macintosh computers | Mac OS 8.1 |
| All other 680X0-based "32-bit clean" Macintosh computers | System 7.6.1 |
| All other Macintosh computers back to and including the Macintosh Plus | System 7.5.5 |
| (if you have an operating system earlier than 7.5.3, you will need to download System 7.5.3 and install it before downloading System 7.5.5) | |
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Refer to the following links for more information
about your Macintosh hardware and operating system: |
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| Be sure to also read about your: Software Work |
| questions, comments, or suggestions? Send them to y2k-help@udel.edu |
| Although your hardware and operating system may be Y2K compliant, the software applications that you use must properly use the date functions provided by the operating system in order to be compliant. Information about whether or not individual programs are compliant should be available from the companies that support those programs. The following table lists links to Y2K information for the most commonly used Macintosh applications on campus. |
| Y2K information for Microsoft products
Microsoft's Year 2000 Readiness Disclosure and Resource Center search an index of all Microsoft products All links below for Microsoft products refer to the English-language versions. If you are using a different version, you will need to click on the "search" link above and find the information relevant to that version. Compliance by the English-language version does not automatically imply compliance by any other language versions. | |||||||||
| General Information | Links to Microsoft's Y2K pages | ||||||||
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| Microsoft Excel | Excel 5.0 Excel 98 | ||||||||
| Microsoft PowerPoint | Powerpoint 4.0 Powerpoint 4.0a Powerpoint 4.0b Powerpoint 4.0c Powerpoint 98 | ||||||||
| Microsoft Word | Word 5.1a Word 6.xx Word 98 | ||||||||
| Internet Explorer | IE 3.xx IE 4.0a | ||||||||
| Netscape Netscape asserts that all of their client products versions 2.02 or higher are fully Y2K compliant, provided that the hardware, operating system, and any helper or plug-in applications used in conjunction with Netscape's software are also compliant. "Client products" includes all components of Netscape Navigator and Communicator, such as Messenger, Composer, and Calendar (single user). Some of Netscape's Server products may require a patch or an upgrade to be compliant. See Netscape's Y2K disclosure for more information. | |||||||||
| Corel Corel's Year 2000 Policy | |||||||||
| General Information | Links to Corel's Y2K pages | ||||||||
| WordPerfect | | Adobe Systems Incorporated
| All Adobe products
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Adobe's Year 2000 Product Support
| Intuit | Intuit's Year 2000 Compliant/Ready Standard Quicken
| Quicken version 5 or lower for Macintosh
Quicken 6 or 7 for Macintosh
Quicken 98 for Macintosh
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| Be sure to also read about your: Hardware / Operating System Work |
| questions, comments, or suggestions? Send them to y2k-help@udel.edu |
| If your hardware, operating system, and software are all Y2K compliant, the last thing you need to check is your personal files, documents, and programs. The document "Are Your Programs and Data Files Year 2000 Compliant?" contains information which may facilitate this process. |
| Be sure to also read about your: Hardware / Operating System Software |
| questions, comments, or suggestions? Send them to y2k-help@udel.edu |