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A little bit of typing lag and that's it. It runs really well IMO. Interestingly, I can't see any performance differences between my 800MHz G4 iBook and my new 1.8GHz G5 iMac.
sometimes it feels like typing on a daisywheel typewriter 
like when i was writing my EOY portfolio project for school, but other times its just fine. i don't use it much since textedit's often enough. powerpoint's a dog though
like when i was writing my EOY portfolio project for school, but other times its just fine. i don't use it much since textedit's often enough. powerpoint's a dog though
I hate that occasional lag so for something basic like an essay, I type the paper in a text editor (SubEthaEdit for me) and paste it into Word when I'm done so I can do some formatting.
OT: asqy, try not to called the computer itself apple. The company that makes it is Apple. The computer itself is a Mac. So the question is how well MS Word works on everybody's Macs.
OT: asqy, try not to called the computer itself apple. The company that makes it is Apple. The computer itself is a Mac. So the question is how well MS Word works on everybody's Macs.
Runs fine on my 1.2 Ghz iBook. The mac version is probably better than the windoze version.
But it's still Word, which I hate. Don't know why, but I just never got the knack of it. Very counter-intuitive, imo. And it's only a word processor for font sake. Photoshop is more intuitive. End rant.
But it's still Word, which I hate. Don't know why, but I just never got the knack of it. Very counter-intuitive, imo. And it's only a word processor for font sake. Photoshop is more intuitive. End rant.
russed said:
a) Love your Av.
b) I use MS Word and MS Excel most of the day at work and Ive got to say that there are features in MS Word 2002 that I miss from the Mac version just as there are features in the Mac version Id like to have and Im sure will be in the next Windows release.
Unfortunately I cant use the Mac version of Word as Id simply be driven mad by the typing lag and beach-balling. I dont think I could out-type a secretary but Ive had times when Ill be typing away, look up at the screen (I dont touch-type) and only see the first few letters of the two lines Ive typed with a beach-ball and a couple of seconds pause before the rest of the text appears.
I find spell checking on the fly is painful as well.
Yes, it can be laggy on both platforms. Word on Windows has more of a jerky hurry-up-and-wait kind of visual response, while the Mac version seems to be a smoother kind of tardinessmcarnes said:Runs fine on my 1.2 Ghz iBook. The mac version is probably better than the windoze version.
I find the Windows flavor of the lag more distracting, but that's just me.Yep, but i've gone through too many "Word compatible" programs over the years that produced malformed documents when opened on the real thing, or that couldn't properly read real Word docs, to worry much about that any more.
iMeowbot said:Yes, it can be laggy on both platforms. Word on Windows has more of a jerky hurry-up-and-wait kind of visual response, while the Mac version seems to be a smoother kind of tardiness
I'd say it is just you 'cause I've been using word on Windows since I had a 25mhz Compaq and it never lagged like it does on my 1.8Ghz iMac. It's got to be the number 1 disappointment since I've owned a Mac.
Wow, I'm surprised at everyone having lag on word! I use Word X not 2004 - I have never have any lag at all, ever!
I experience the lag all the time on my 1.33 GHz iBook with v.X -- about the same as my 400 MHz TiBook. Drives me nuts. Bizarre things seem to affect it. Quartz smoothing ON seems to reduce it. So does Page Layout view. Worst is Normal view with smoothing off and spell/grammar check on.
mcarnes said:Runs fine on my 1.2 Ghz iBook. The mac version is probably better than the windoze version.
But it's still Word, which I hate. Don't know why, but I just never got the knack of it. Very counter-intuitive, imo. And it's only a word processor for font sake. Photoshop is more intuitive. End rant.
I have to agree. I use the Windows version at work and I much prefer the Mac version that I get to use at home.
It can lag, but not all the time. Larger documents seem to get it more.
Just finished a 11000 word masters on my G3 500 284MB RAM on Word 2004 and all fine.
Lagged sometimes, but not for more than a couple of seconds at more. Lagged maybe 1/100th of the time or less.
Prefer it to Windows versions.
Just finished a 11000 word masters on my G3 500 284MB RAM on Word 2004 and all fine.
Lagged sometimes, but not for more than a couple of seconds at more. Lagged maybe 1/100th of the time or less.
Prefer it to Windows versions.
Reading through this thread weve got people with Word v.X and 2004 and a range of machines from G3s to G5s yet there isnt an obvious pattern to whos lagging and whos not. What gives when v.X is as slow on my G5 as on my G3 and 2004 isnt much better yet the Windows version by comparison flies on a 400mhz Celeron and Win98?