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    Office for Mac

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by fredf, Mar 27, 2008.

  1. fredf

    fredf Notebook Consultant

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    Just out of interest: since updating to Office for Mac 2008: it now takes 32 seconds to open up Word and another 13 seconds for the beachball to stop spinning.

    Basically, it takes 45 seconds to access a file.
    That is an excruciating lenght of time.
    I am using an iMac with 1gig mem and the old PowerPC chip (not Intel) but still....
     
    fredf, Mar 27, 2008
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  2. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    its just your Mac...its too old :)
     
    Xirurg, Mar 27, 2008
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  3. Rosemarycane

    Rosemarycane Notebook Consultant

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    I was going to say on my MBP it opens extremely quick. Certainly not the length of time you describe. I used to have a PPC Mac, not iMac but tower and it had trouble even loading Office 2004.
     
    Rosemarycane, Mar 27, 2008
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  4. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    The new Office:Mac has been optimised for Intel CPUs and not PowerPC. As a result, users on Intel Macs will experience a performance boost over Office 2004, while users on PowerPC Macs will experience a performance slump.
     
    Budding, Mar 27, 2008
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  5. Sam

    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yeah, its the PowerPC issue, not really Office 2008. Office 2008 is much faster for me, when I tried it out.
     
    Sam, Mar 27, 2008
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  6. thecommish16

    thecommish16 Notebook Evangelist

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    I have Office 2008...it takes a few seconds, but it gets moving.
     
    thecommish16, Mar 27, 2008
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