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    iWork 08 Numbers slow?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by domyalex, Jan 26, 2008.

  1. domyalex

    domyalex Notebook Consultant

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    Hi to all,
    so, after reading a several comparisons between MS Office for Mac and iWork, I decided to drop the $40 (college student) and get iWork 08.
    Overall I really like it a lot, especially the interface; I honestly tried NeoOffice for a full semester but found myself booting Windows' virtual machine just to use Office and write my papers.
    However, I can't really use Numbers very well; given fairly simple tables with 2 series in 300 rows, as soon as I click on the graph everything turns reaaaally slow, even scrolling becomes unresponsive. Trying to change the graph's title takes a while just for the letters to be displayed... what's going on?

    I'm using a MBP (2.2), Tiger 10.4.11 and all updates applied.
    I read several people are facing the same problems; has anybody found a workaround?

    Regards
     
    domyalex, Jan 26, 2008
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    ItsDaKronic Notebook Consultant

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    I hate Numbers. I think Numbers is meant more for like eyecandy which is why its lacking alot of things. I think Excel on windows is the best one. Office 07 is the best. If I were you I would do parallels with xp and just get office that way.
    Office 04 is horrible and Office 08 is a complete disgrace. They are both slow but office 08 is the slowest.
     
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