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Article #894Microsoft Word 5.0 SUCKS!!!! sort of.
From: william bradley ward
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1992 05:27
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1992 05:27
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What the #$%! is wrong with the programmers at Microsoft?! I've been running Word 5.0 for a while now and have noticed how sluggish it is. (I run a IIsi) I'm talking not only sluggish when running, but on how it slows the rest of the system down too. Today I ran the app "CycleSpy" to see the percentage of process power it took and was amazed at the constant 95-100% of process power MS Word 5.0 took! This was even when it was hidden in the background with no documents open! How could anyone program a piece of code that was so greedy. It is a word processor! When I render for days with StrataVision 3d, it doesn't use that much power. How much system time does a word processor need while in the background? I can't think of anything other than periodicaly checking for an activate event or something. Ahhhhh! I don't think I could write such an inefficient, greedy piece of code if I tried! I wish Microsoft would realize that a mac is capable of multiple programs running concurrently. Word for Windows (ack!) may be able to get away with hogging all power, but on a mac this is a very bad thing! Anybody else notice this? It really pisses me off! Too bad Microsoft puts out otherwise half-way decent software. :) Brad
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!sun-barr!ames!purdue!yuma!wardw From: wardw@CS.ColoState.EDU (william bradley ward) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Microsoft Word 5.0 SUCKS!!!! sort of. Keywords: process power Message-ID: <Aug02.052754.34792@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> Date: 2 Aug 92 05:27:54 GMT Sender: wardw@mozart.cs.colostate.edu Distribution: comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.misc Organization: Colorado State University Lines: 21