[X4U] MS Office 2008 delayed

[Randy B. Singer]

On Aug 3, 2007, at 6:16 PM, Judi Sohn wrote:

> I don't have a problem with Word 2004, except it *is* painfully  
> slow on an Intel Mac when launching.

>> Fellow OS X web workers, have you given up on Word…or are you like  
>> me, and feel you have no choice but to roll with the punches for a  
>> few more months?


That's sort of like asking "Do you still beat your wife?"
What if the answer to your non-question is:  "I use Word all the time  
and find it to be a really good program and have no complaints?"
(Indeed, when the new version of Word is released, its likely that I  
will stand pat with the old version unless the new version has  
features that I haven't heard about yet that are really compelling.)

If Word is slow to launch, that is usually easy to fix.  I've already  
posted some suggestions on how to speed up Word's launching.  Why not  
fix it, instead of writing a blog whining and complaining about Word?

Other folks complain that Word runs slowly.  That's easy to fix also,  
and I can help with that, if you like.

But it seems to me that some folks aren't really interested in fixing  
these things, they just enjoy bashing Microsoft, and/or whining and  
complaining about Microsoft's products.
Which is fine, I guess.  It's just hard to take such folks seriously,  
because the natural question that comes to mind is "are you trying to  
get work done, or are you just interested in being churlish?"

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Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)

Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html
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