Re: Powerpoint - Mac vs PC
- From: CyberTaz <onlygeneraltaz1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:32:42 -0400
Without more information it's hard to offer any suggestions for improving
performance, but based on the limited detail one thing I can tell you is
that the min. RAM requirement for 10.4 is twice that of 10.3 - 256 MB vs.
128 MB. The same is true for Office 2004 vs. Office X, so the fact that a
file of that size runs differently on the same system in 2 different
versions of the OS & 2 different versions of the program is no surprise at
all... Especially if the iBook is still fitted with the same 512 MB [or
less] configuration at which it shipped.
Also, "300 slides" doesn't really say much of anything... It's what's *on*
the slides that counts the most. That's what determines the actual file size
& most directly impacts performance.
Further, comparing performance of a G4 iBook (max. 1.42 GHz) to a 3 GHz
*anything* is somewhat less than objective... Not to mention that the PC
probably has considerably more RAM as well. We won't even touch on the fact
that the RAM for the newer systems is faster RAM, chip & bus architecture is
vastly improved, HD technology (SATA vs. ATA, 7200 RPM vs. 5600 RPM?) or
some of the other _minor_ differences.
Like I stated above I can't offer any suggestions... But then again I see
you didn't ask any questions :)
Good Luck |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
On 7/29/07 4:50 PM, in article 36fa038f6ffc499f994779a60725f19e@xxxxxxxxxxx,
"Ebonweaver" <none@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I don't believe this issue has anything to do with the hardware of the
machine. I have had this problem with every system I support, Powerpoint on
the mac simply can not handle large files. Interestingly, this problem gets
worse the more modern you get. On an old G4 iBook with OS 10.3.9 and Office
X, a 300 slide powerpoint file is a little sluggish, but it opens and is
workable. On that same system running 10.4.x and Office 2004, the same file
will never open, it just sits and spins forever. Under 10.4.x with Office X
it's about halfway between the two.
This tells me that something is wrong not only with the newer version of
Office, but the newer version of the Mac OS. Together, they make large
powerpoint files unusable. This same file opens instantly and moves at
light speed on a 3ghz P4 running XP Pro and Office 2003. Clearly Microsoft
and Apple aren't getting along very well code wise as time goes on. Even
running on the latest MacBook Pro it's unusable, which is very disappointing.
Fortunately I only have one user who feels the need to go over 50 slides
in a file, but convincing him there is no fix for this is difficult,
especially when there seems to continue to be no acknowledgment of this
issue in the tech community.
.
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