Formatting the HD.
NO. You may have felt it necessary to do that in Windows but the reasons you give for doing it are not good.
In the even of a HDD crash, ALL the partitions will be gone. Crashed HD = No Partitions.
Use whichever version of the free Office products you feel comfortable with. They are both free and can be uninstalled if you do not like them.
No special cautions when using that MBP, just remember that it is not Windows and that things are different.
Enjoy the MBP
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hi all !
thanks to the very useful suggestions given so patiently on this forum i not only bought the MBP 13 inch basic, but also managed to get a very nice deal on it !
since this is my first time with mac OS, you can guess that the queries are now going to shift.
so quickly -
-should i format the HDD into 2 or 3 partitions like i used to with windows? as you know well we normally make these partitions to make sure that data is protected in case there is a HDD crash.
-should i go for openoffice.org or does neo-office work better?
-any special caution that i need to exercise with macs?
thanks!

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