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    MS offic 2008 slow in os-x?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Charivari, Jan 19, 2008.

  1. Charivari

    Charivari Notebook Evangelist

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    At the apple store today I was playing around in OS-X and they had office 2008 installed so to test the keyboard out i open word....

    well i thought i was doing something wrong or the system had crashed but it took like 10-20 seconds for word to fire up.

    Is this normal?

    Would it be this slow if i ran Vista (via boot camp)?
     
    Charivari, Jan 19, 2008
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  2. BigBoy92

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    Haha its because Microsoft made it ;) sabotage!!!
     
    BigBoy92, Jan 19, 2008
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  3. Sam

    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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    I'd say that's not normal, Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 should be faster than before as its finally Universal Binary and you don't need Rosetta to run it.
     
    Sam, Jan 19, 2008
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  4. a4 abt

    a4 abt Notebook Guru

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    LOL, good one!

    When I first open Word, it takes up to 15 seconds to launch.
     
    a4 abt, Jan 19, 2008
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  5. zadillo

    zadillo Notebook Virtuoso

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    It's possible it was the first time Word 2008 was launched on that particular machine. Usually once an app has launched for the first time in OS X, subsequent launches will almost always be much faster.

    Did you get a chance to quit it and then try launching it again, to see if it still took that long?
     
    zadillo, Jan 19, 2008
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  6. mc511

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    Yeah pages took awhile to open in the macs at the store and the same thing on this one but the second time and after it was blazing fast.
     
    mc511, Jan 19, 2008
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  7. swarmer

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    Was it a Macbook Air, by any chance? ;)
     
    swarmer, Jan 19, 2008
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  8. scooby2

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    Thats normal for the first time. After that it is cached and much faster. 2004 is the same way.
     
    scooby2, Jan 19, 2008
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  9. BigBoy92

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    Takes me just under 7 seconds on a vista machine, dunno if this helps!
     
    BigBoy92, Jan 20, 2008
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