Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!apple!chuq
From: chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: A different WORD 4.0 subject
Keywords: Word 4.0, speed
Message-ID: <29665@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 27 Apr 89 20:32:04 GMT
References: <13250@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>
Organization: Life is just a Fantasy novel played for keeps
Lines: 28

>            How is word 4.0's SPEED compared to 3.0.x ?

>Weeks back, I had to chance to fiddle around with a beta version of
>WORD.  I found its speed was slow that it could not KEEP up with my
>typing ( no, I am not a fast typist, at around 60 words per minute max).

I don't have a problem with Word 4's speed. It seems to be somewhat faster
than Word 3 in galley (non page view mode, which is my preferred mode. I
generally do my editing/formatting in separate passes). I run on a 512Ke
upgraded to 2Meg with a Dove upgrade at home, and even with that slow
processor I never noticed Word falling behind me, even though I type
80-120WPM. On my Mac IIx at work, there's obviously no performance problem
at all.

While I have brought up Word 4 on a standard 512ke, I didn't play with it
enough to see what performance problems the reduced memory might cause. If
you're working from floppies and not a hard disk, that'll really slow things
down, but I'm not sure I'd blame Word for that.




Chuq Von Rospach      =|=     Editor,OtherRealms     =|=     Member SFWA/ASFA
         chuq@apple.com   =|=  CI$: 73317,635  =|=  AppleLink: CHUQ
      [This is myself speaking. No company can control my thoughts.]

Bookends. What a wonderful thought.