On 4/06/2003 05:26, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "It's always darkest right before it gets totally black." >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Eugene D. Gierson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Wednesday, June 4, 2003 05:26 AM >> To: 'G-List' >> Subject: Re: os x app's a tooo slooowww >> >> I believe that MS does intentionally make its software better on windows >> than on mac.Thus, MS creates the impression [to poorly informed folks] that > >> windows is a better os than mac os. > > This is absolutely not true. Have you ever used Microsoft Office for Mac and > then used the windows version? The Mac version has more features than the PC > version. It's amazing. > > --Kyle @ Work When I have to, I use MS Office 2001 on this antique Kanga running 9.1 with 160 MB RAM. I'm not particularly MS-friendly, but in all fairness, Office 2001 runs fabulously on this beautiful, babied old laptop -- Word and Entourage especially. Excel, after the start time, is almost as fast as it is on P4s (I don't have a lot of bloat here -- except for MS Office, I guess). And this on a November 1997 G3. PowerPoint can be a problem child, but that's because I'm running a heck of a lot of other apps to put a presentation together in PowerPoint. While I'm looking for cabin in Alaska for the winter. The Mac version of Office for me has been a model of stability and speed, offers bend-backwards compatibility, gave me the most brain-dead of installation work (for 9.1, anyway) with no problems like init crap, offers more in an office suite than any other office suite out there that _I_ know of, and buries AppleWorks with a stake in the heart, especially when it comes to file compatibility (between 9.1, 9.2.2, and XP) and sharing of files over Mac/PC nutworks. I've experienced no database corruption with Mac Office since September of 2002, when I took off with a PowerBook for Alaska. I've experienced no slowdown of my 'Book and my 8500 G3 upgrade that can't be fixed by regular repairs of certain preferences in the Classic OS, and certain procedures (ie., um... can you run Disk Warrior... and maybe TechTool)? More from here from Fairbanks. You can read a newspaper at 3 a.m. outdoors. For those of you in Redmonds, fight the good fight. _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ Best, Greg Burkman ICQ 62393161 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Cab Number 117, get the Dunbar Street crackhouse." -- Fairbanks, AK taxi dispatcher -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
