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  Bill Gates in an Apple ad George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2014-01-23 15:25 -0600
    Re: Bill Gates in an Apple ad "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com> - 2014-01-23 23:39 +0000
      Re: Bill Gates in an Apple ad Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-01-23 19:57 -0500
        Re: Bill Gates in an Apple ad "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com> - 2014-01-24 08:19 +0000

#55226 — Bill Gates in an Apple ad

<http://news.cnet.com/2300-11386_3-10019442.html?tag=nl.e703&s_cid=e703&ttag
=e703&ftag=CAD090e536>

Toward the end of the series.

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#55239

George Kerby wrote:
><http://news.cnet.com/2300-11386_3-10019442.html?tag=nl.e703&s_cid=e703&ttag
>=e703&ftag=CAD090e536>
>
> Toward the end of the series.
>
For many years Microsoft was the biggest developer of Mac software.

Things that later became their flagship Windows products started on
the Mac, such as Word and Excel.

They still sell Microsoft Office for the Mac, but the latest version 
in some markets is nowhere as good as the 2004. 

Geoff.

-- 
Geoffrey S. Mendelson,  N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379

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#55249

On 2014.01.23, 18:39 , Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> George Kerby wrote:
>> <http://news.cnet.com/2300-11386_3-10019442.html?tag=nl.e703&s_cid=e703&ttag
>> =e703&ftag=CAD090e536>
>>
>> Toward the end of the series.
>>
> For many years Microsoft was the biggest developer of Mac software.
>
> Things that later became their flagship Windows products started on
> the Mac, such as Word and Excel.
>
> They still sell Microsoft Office for the Mac, but the latest version
> in some markets is nowhere as good as the 2004.

I sent the 2004 copy back for a refund.  Would not run more than 10 - 20 
minutes without crashing (Word and Excel).

I have the 2008 v. which is okay, but a little too cartoonish (as was 
the 2004 version).  It's bizarrely slow too on some functions.

For some graphs with huge data sets I now use Numbers (much more capable 
with massive data sets (to a limit anyway)) for graphing.  But Numbers 
has its drawbacks as well.

-- 
“Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face.”
                                                   - Mike Tyson

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#55264

Alan Browne wrote:
> I sent the 2004 copy back for a refund.  Would not run more than 10 - 20 
> minutes without crashing (Word and Excel).

I had a friend who had similar problems. He used it to write several 
highly scholarly works, all of which are obscure, but published.

His problems went away when I removed the second SODIMM in his G4 
powerbook. There was a batch of them with bad memory sockets, and for 
some odd reason, it really stood out with Office 2004.

This may have had no relation to your problems at all.

Eventually, he bought this really nice Intel based Mac Laptop, and runs
it under Rosetta. 

Geoff.



-- 
Geoffrey S. Mendelson,  N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379

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