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2004 office problem in 10.5
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<blockquote data-quote="mac57" data-source="post: 657159" data-attributes="member: 17052"><p>When I got this new Mac Pro, I installed Office 2004, figuring that even though it would have to run under Rosetta, the increased speed of the machine would offset the Rosetta slowdown, and it would run at about the same subjective speed as it did on my old PowerMac G5. Not so! It was a lot slower. AND, as you have observed, it would hang, it would crash, it was just not very satisfactory.</p><p></p><p>In the end, I played around with NeoOffice for a while, and then went out and purchased Office 2008. NeoOffice, despite being Intel native, is also amazingly bloated and slow. </p><p></p><p>A word to the wise to everyone considering Office 2008 though. It is no speed demon either, even on this new Mac Pro. Leave it to Microsoft to create a software package that can bring even a 3.2 GHz 8 core machine to its knees!</p><p></p><p>That having been said, I will give MS some credit. They have done a nice job with Office 2008. Unlike Office 2004, it now sports the look n feel of a real Mac application - I find it more natural to use than Office 2004 was.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mac57, post: 657159, member: 17052"] When I got this new Mac Pro, I installed Office 2004, figuring that even though it would have to run under Rosetta, the increased speed of the machine would offset the Rosetta slowdown, and it would run at about the same subjective speed as it did on my old PowerMac G5. Not so! It was a lot slower. AND, as you have observed, it would hang, it would crash, it was just not very satisfactory. In the end, I played around with NeoOffice for a while, and then went out and purchased Office 2008. NeoOffice, despite being Intel native, is also amazingly bloated and slow. A word to the wise to everyone considering Office 2008 though. It is no speed demon either, even on this new Mac Pro. Leave it to Microsoft to create a software package that can bring even a 3.2 GHz 8 core machine to its knees! That having been said, I will give MS some credit. They have done a nice job with Office 2008. Unlike Office 2004, it now sports the look n feel of a real Mac application - I find it more natural to use than Office 2004 was. [/QUOTE]
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