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    Macbook Pro and Word

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by diver110, Dec 9, 2006.

  1. diver110

    diver110 Notebook Evangelist

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    I have heard that Word works slowly on the Macbook Pro. That would be a deal breaker for me. Can any Macbook Pro users out there confirm that for me?
     
    diver110, Dec 9, 2006
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  2. djspazy

    djspazy Notebook Enthusiast

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    Word works fine. I dropped by the local Apple store and tried out the 15.4" 2.33 ghz MBP. Word takes 2 seconds to load.
     
    djspazy, Dec 9, 2006
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  3. Lysander

    Lysander AFK, raid time.

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    I think Word 2007 will be a universal binary, so it would run perfectly on the MBP. As for the current version, even if it is a rosetta app, the C2D can still handle it just fine.
     
    Lysander, Dec 9, 2006
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  4. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    It does feel slower than on a PC, and eats up more processing power and battery life. But yeah, when the universal binary comes out, all is gonna be perfect.
     
    Budding, Dec 10, 2006
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