Re: Slow speed in Word X
From: John McGhie (john_at_mcghie.name)
Date: 11/09/04
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Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 23:29:42 +1100
Hi Jim:
I am with everyone else: 250 MB is nowhere near enough for good performance
in OS 10.3. I have 1.25 GB of RAM in this iBook. Word vX does not
task-switch as nicely as Word 2004: if you are getting worried by annoying
"pauses", you may consider upgrading.
However, more memory will make an unbelievable difference to that machine.
Throw in another 1 GB of RAM and a whole new world will open up for you.
The little page turning animation is simply showing you that the background
spell-checking task is running. It runs at low priority so it does not
interfere with your work, rather, you interfere with its work. Which is why
it's taking so long. I wouldn't even bother turning it off: because
whenever you do anything, Word suspends it automatically.
The red X it ends with simply shows you that it found some things it
considers to be spelling errors.
Word is not particularly CPU-intensive, so the speed of the fans is more a
commentary on the amount of heat a G5 generates, coupled with the difficulty
of cooling things in the new iMac layout. The G5 is a very hot-running
processor compared to the earlier versions. Early models of the iMac had
somewhat marginal cooling and were known for burning up motherboards, so I
guess they put in a busier fan this time to make sure of adequate cooling.
Hope this helps
On 9/11/04 3:32 AM, in article
c6e9822d.0411080832.4cda36ab@posting.google.com, "mrjim" <mrjim@qx.net>
wrote:
> I've got a new Imac G5 with the standard 250 ram. Word X works
> extremely slowly for me. It takes 25 seconds (I timed it) for a
> ScreenTip to display in a document when I use the cursor to hover over
> the word. The hyperlinked text is contained within a text box.
> Meanwhile, the CPU fans whir to a high pitch, as if the processor is
> being asked to perform some Herculean task. Other operations also
> take far more time than they should. I've noticed at the bottom of
> the screen that the little page turning animation goes on and on and
> on when I ask Word to do something, until it finally stops at a red X.
> I may have Safari running in the background but that's about it.
> Any ideas? Thanks.
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