ms office 2004 slow start up time?

[jth11688]

i recently got a new mbp 2.2ghz and it has been running very well, however ms office takes much longer to open than i thought it would/should considering the speed of the processor. upon a fresh boot up (restarting the computer), word takes about 15-20 seconds to open and 10 seconds after i have closed it but have not restarted the computer (clearing the temp files in the ram). i was wondering if this is normal. and if not, is it my computer or ms office? thanks for your help.

also, when i hover my mouse over the menus on the top and move it horizontally to expand all of the menus, the menus lag behind the mouse. is this normal?

 

[Aranince]

Its because Office is not a Universal binary. May I suggest NeoOffice?

 

[irishgrizzly]

I wouldn't be too concerned – it takes the longest of all my programs, longer even then Photoshop. It's just poorly coded.

 

[Nermal]

As mentioned, it's due to Office running under Rosetta. Office 2008 (coming in January) is UA and should be a lot faster

 

[devilot]

You should probably go to MS' site and make sure you have the latest version/ updates to MS Office. In addition to that, one member made a great suggestion here.

 

[jth11688]

wow, such quick replies. thanks a lot.