MS Office slow on new Intel Mac

[dizzled]

So I got a new macbook, core 2, and MS office is ridiculously slow. Is this because it is the 'test drive' or because it is not a universal binary. If it is the latter I won't buy it and I will get iwork, if it is just an issue of my version not being registered then I may buy it.

I have to say that I do not like pages as much as word. Keynote seems to be pretty good. But i need excel or an excel like program and spreadsheet does not do it for me. Anyway, sorry to rant.

 

[clevin]

add ur memory to >1G, everything would be fine.

 

[Chundles]

Are you running 10.4.8? That release implemented a massive increase in Rosetta performance.

 

[ChickenSwartz]

I have 2gb of RAM and it runs very smoothly. I have actually had more 'slow' issues with the iWorks trial than the Office tiral.

 

[yellow]

So I got a new macbook, core 2, and MS office is ridiculously slow. Is this because it is the 'test drive' or because it is not a universal binary.

A bit of both I'm afraid. It's really not all that fast on an MBP with 2GB of RAM. It's also possible that the Test Drive is a carbonized app, which would make it even slower. Supposedly there will be an Office 2007 that is UB. Until then, those of us that use it are stuck with some crawliness. Though I find it dealable.

Instead of cashing in for iWork, I'd investigate NeoOffice or OpenOffice as an alternative until a UB version exits.

 

[ero87]

you should also conside OpenOffice. I'm not a big fan, but others swear by it.

 

[clevin]

even openoffice/neooffice can not run smoothly on a 512MB machine.

 

[Chundles]

even openoffice/neooffice can not run smoothly on a 512MB machine.

Unless the OP has bought the low end C2D iMac then he or she has 1GB of RAM.

 

[dizzled]

I have 1 G of ram and I am running 10.4.8 I'm not springing for another gig of ram right now since there is no reason I should NEED 2 gigs of RAM. I'll look into open office and neooffice. Thanks everyone

 

[yellow]

even openoffice/neooffice can not run smoothly on a 512MB machine.

I must have missed where the original poster states that the MB only has 512MB of RAM?

 

[clevin]

I must have missed where the original poster states that the MB only has 512MB of RAM?

no, u did not, OP didn't states the size of his memory in the first post.

 

[crazycat]

Office will run slower on intel macs until Microsoft releases an intel version. If you use a lot of office you will notice it being slower but it should not be slow to the extent that you find it annoying.

Go to your application folder, Utilities and open Activity Monitor. Check for your CPU and system memory and see how much you use of it. Apps like Parallels, office, firefox and games do take a lot of memory, its always nice to know how much you use.

 

[Tork]

The only time Office's slowness really annoys is when opening one of the programs. Typing in word and using excel -- hardly any difference than on a ppc.