Re: Slow Mac Word 2004 - a possible solution?

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Kenneth Cohen <k_cohen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > From: matt@xxxxxxxxxxx (matt neuburg)
> > Organization: TidBITSs
> > Newsgroups: microsoft.public.mac.office.word
> > Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 01:24:35 GMT
> > Subject: Re: Slow Mac Word 2004 - a possible solution?
> >
> > Daiya Mitchell <daiyaNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >>>> hi Eric, I am also having this problem with a mac g4 14" ibook with 256
> >>>> mb and os 10.8. Running really slow in word 2004. Not sure what to do
> >>>> at this point. Have spent at least 2 hours searching for ways to speed
> >>>> it up. Have you got any more ideas. Margaret Guthrie mactech
> >>>>
> >>> I have the same problem on PB Lombard
> >>
> >> I had a Lombard, and I didn't try to put OS X on it. According to the
> >> people at MacWorld magazine, 256MB is not enough to happily run OS X, never
> >> mind adding a memory hog like Word to it.
> >
> > If the problem is that you don't have enough RAM, my free MemoryStick
> > application will tell you right away. m.
> >
> MemoryStick is a neat little program which can have expensive results.
> Unfortunately, finding out how bogged down my 512MB Mac was getting led me
> to spend a considerable sum on new RAM. The result, however, is well worth
> it.

Darn. In my next life, I must remember to go into the business of
selling RAM, and *then* write MemoryStick! :)


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