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Posted by: beachycove on 2008-06-19 17:39:53
The minimum specs listed for MS Word 2001 are a 120MHz ppc and OS8.1.
Would it install and run on a mere 100MHz PowerBook Duo 2300c, under OS8.6, with 56MB ram? I'm wondering if I should go through the bother of trying.
Any thoughts?
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Posted by: porter on 2008-06-19 17:51:06
Any thoughts? What are your goals?
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Posted by: Byrd on 2008-06-19 18:55:53
It'll be fine (tried Office 2001 on my PB 5300c 100Mhz), you might find office 98 to be even better though 🙂
JB
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Posted by: Anonymous Freak on 2008-06-19 20:09:03
Yeah, I ran Office 2001 on a Duo 2300c with 56 MB of RAM just fine. I think I was running Mac OS 9.1 at the time. (I used that machine as a primary notebook for about 3 months between selling my PC notebook and getting my 12" PowerBook G4.)
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Posted by: beachycove on 2008-06-20 14:14:39
Thanks. I want the PB 2300c for portability, and Word 2001 for compatibility.
By way of tinkering, I am going to try running it from a 4GB CF card instead of a hard drive.
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Posted by: LCGuy on 2008-06-20 17:46:17
As others said, it'll be fine - when my 8100/80AV still worked, I ran Office 2001 on it, and it was fine. Currently I have it installed on my Performa "6260", which has a 100 Mhz PPC 603e, and its fine.
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Posted by: beachycove on 2008-06-24 04:27:52
It is surprisingly snappy on the Duo with a 4GB CF disk! Start-up takes a while, but its speed in use is excellent. I am impressed.
Ram Doubler 9 and Speed Doubler 8 are installed, however, and this might be helping matters along.
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