On Tue August 1 2006 17:54, + Katie Degroot wrote: > [ MODERATED ] ******************** > hi > > for school i am contemplating buying a mac, and downloading oo.org 2.0 into > an intel based mac book. i have read numerous reports adn reviews that say > non-native programs + programs based for non-intel macs run MUCH slower on > a intel macbook/imac. does this apply to oo. org? i have it on my pc, and > LOVE it, so i'd apperciate a repply soon. thanks, kd
As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Tue August 1 2006 18:42, Roberto Aguilar wrote: > OOo does run on Intel macs; I'm running it on my Macbook Pro. You can > get it compiled for Intel, but there are a couple of gotchas. > > First, the Intel version is a "non-QA" version, which means it's still > being tested. That said, for what I've done, it has behaved just > fine. > > Secondly, there isn't a truly native version for OS X; you're going to > have to run X11, which is the UNIX graphics engine. It's provided by > Apple here: > > http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/x11formacosx.html > > The non-QA version for intel is here: > > ftp://ooopackages.good-day.net/pub/OpenOffice.org/MacOSX/2.0.3rc7/OOo_2.0.3 >rc7_MacOSXIntel_en-US.dmg > > Using it this way is not horrible, but it's not ideal either. Keep an > eye on this project for an Aqua native version of OOo 2.0: > > http://www.neooffice.org/ > Please reply to [email protected] only. -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
