Office 2008 lagging?

[acearchie]

Just installed it on my powerbook G4 1.5GHz 512mb of ram (with a 1gb stick in the post, will this make a difference?)

The program is very laggy when clicking arrows to move along pages of charts, wordart, smartart graphics etc...

Even typing is laggy (i.e not fluid like I write this post now!)

Anyone have any ideas or solutions?

 

[Mindflux]

get a new box, no really.

I thought 2008 was Intel only? Does Rosetta allow you to run Intel binaries on a PPC system (and vice versa)?

 

[Moof1904]

No, it's universal binary. It runs fine on my G5. Well, it could be faster and it could suck less, but it runs...

 

[Doctor Q]

I have the same problem. It's slower than previous versions on every Mac I've run it on. I'm sorry I ever upgraded to Office 2008.

 

[acearchie]

I reckon an update might be able to solve some issues maybe? . . .

 

[joeconvert]

I have the same problem. It's slower than previous versions on every Mac I've run it on. I'm sorry I ever upgraded to Office 2008.

Hey DQ, what have you run it on? My copy is going to be delivered today and am getting a bit more concerned about usability.....

 

[aross99]

Lets keep our fingers crossed that the update fixes this. I have an MBP 2.33 and it still feels slower than 2004 to me. The initial delay when Word first opens is especially bad. I can type whole sentences after the blank document shows up before they appear on the screen...

 

[Doctor Q]

Hey DQ, what have you run it on? My copy is going to be delivered today and am getting a bit more concerned about usability.....

The machine I tested with is an 1.8GHz 20" iMac, pre-Intel.

 

[joeconvert]

The machine I tested with is an 1.8GHz 20" iMac, pre-Intel.

Thanks, appreciate the feedback.

 

[acearchie]

Lets keep our fingers crossed that the update fixes this. I have an MBP 2.33 and it still feels slower than 2004 to me. The initial delay when Word first opens is especially bad. I can type whole sentences after the blank document shows up before they appear on the screen...

I know I had a similar experiance in the Apple Shop today with a brand new MBP!