excel 2008 crashes and is very slow

[difrance]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

Hello, I use Excel to manipulate arrays and large data sets. I am new to the mac...I love the machines...but excel 08 has so far been very disappointing. It crashes alot...when copying blocks to opening new files...and it is also very slow (and I run at 3.06)...even just openning an axis editing window can cause beach balls to spin for minutes...which is crazy. I have had a 2 year old Dell Latitude with 2 gigs of ram and a 7200 rpm drive running along side my new iMac (3.06) with 4 gigs of ram and a 7200 rpm drive doing the same manipulations for comparison...the Dell is MUCH faster than is the iMac...infact the iMac is crashing on simple things in excel...why?? I cant imagine how this could be happening...sure Mac is a smaller market than PC...but it can't make economic sense to stamp out a whole market of mac=based number crunchers.

How can I get a more stable version of excel??? Say the 2004 version? Please respond.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Bob Greenblatt]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

Hello, I use Excel to manipulate arrays and large data sets. I am new to the
mac...I love the machines...but excel 08 has so far been very disappointing.
It crashes alot...when copying blocks to opening new files...and it is also
very slow (and I run at 3.06)...even just openning an axis editing window can
cause beach balls to spin for minutes...which is crazy. I have had a 2 year
old Dell Latitude with 2 gigs of ram and a 7200 rpm drive running along side
my new iMac (3.06) with 4 gigs of ram and a 7200 rpm drive doing the same
manipulations for comparison...the Dell is MUCH faster than is the
iMac...infact the iMac is crashing on simple things in excel...why?? I cant
imagine how this could be happening...sure Mac is a smaller market than
PC...but it can't make economic sense to stamp out a whole market of mac=based
number crunchers.

How can I get a more stable version of excel??? Say the 2004 version? Please
respond.

Thanks in advance.

Well, the Mac version of Excel is, I'm afraid, just slower than a comparable
Windows version. Hopefully this will be improved in later versions. However,
it does not seem as though it should be as slow as what you are describing.
Are you sure you are at the latest update level of Office 2008? (currently
12.1.4) If not, please apply the updates to see if that makes a difference.

Additionally, Excel 2008 certainly should not be crashing. I have found it
to be very stable. Again. Make sure the updates are applied. If you can
narrow down the crash (any of them) to a specific action, please post the
details here.

 

[Bob Greenblatt]

Hello Bob, it is so nice to know that someone is listening. As for your
question re the version of excel I am using, the "About Excel" window says the
following:

Version 12.1.3 (080930)
Latest Installed Update: 12.1.4

Is this the most recent? The same is true for my MBP.

Thanks, Rick


Intel > > Hello, I use Excel to manipulate arrays and large data sets.
I am new to the > mac...I love the machines...but excel 08 has so far
been very disappointing. > It crashes alot...when copying blocks to
opening
new files...and it is also > very slow (and I run at 3.06)...even just
openning an axis editing window can > cause beach balls to spin for
minutes...which
is crazy. I have had a 2 year > old Dell Latitude with 2 gigs of ram and
a 7200 rpm drive running along side > my new iMac (3.06) with 4 gigs of
ram and a 7200 rpm drive doing the same > manipulations for
comparison...the
Dell is MUCH faster than is the > iMac...infact the iMac is crashing on
simple things in excel...why?? I cant > imagine how this could be
happening...sure
Mac is a smaller market than > PC...but it can't make economic sense to
stamp out a whole market of mac=based > number crunchers. > > How can
I get a more stable version of excel??? Say the 2004 version? Please >
respond. > > Thanks in advance. Well, the Mac version of Excel is, I'm
afraid, just slower than a comparable Windows version. Hopefully this
will be improved in later versions. However, it does not seem as though
it should be as slow as what you are describing. Are you sure you are
at the latest update level of Office 2008? (currently 12.1.4) If not,
please apply the updates to see if that makes a difference.





Additionally, Excel 2008 certainly should not be crashing. I have found
it to be very stable. Again. Make sure the updates are applied. If you
can narrow down the crash (any of them) to a specific action, please
post
the details here.





-- Bob Greenblatt [MVP], Macintosh bobgreenblattATmsnDOTcom

Yes, this is the latest version.

 

[Rick]

Hello Bob, it is so nice to know that someone is listening. As for your question re the version of excel I am using, the "About Excel" window says the following:

Version 12.1.3 (080930)
Latest Installed Update: 12.1.4

Is this the most recent? The same is true for my MBP.

Thanks, Rick

Version: 2008 > Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) > Processor:

Intel > > Hello, I use Excel to manipulate arrays and large data sets.
I am new to the > mac...I love the machines...but excel 08 has so far
been very disappointing. > It crashes alot...when copying blocks to opening
new files...and it is also > very slow (and I run at 3.06)...even just
openning an axis editing window can > cause beach balls to spin for minutes...which
is crazy. I have had a 2 year > old Dell Latitude with 2 gigs of ram and
a 7200 rpm drive running along side > my new iMac (3.06) with 4 gigs of
ram and a 7200 rpm drive doing the same > manipulations for comparison...the
Dell is MUCH faster than is the > iMac...infact the iMac is crashing on
simple things in excel...why?? I cant > imagine how this could be happening...sure
Mac is a smaller market than > PC...but it can't make economic sense to
stamp out a whole market of mac=based > number crunchers. > > How can
I get a more stable version of excel??? Say the 2004 version? Please >
respond. > > Thanks in advance. Well, the Mac version of Excel is, I'm
afraid, just slower than a comparable Windows version. Hopefully this
will be improved in later versions. However, it does not seem as though
it should be as slow as what you are describing. Are you sure you are
at the latest update level of Office 2008? (currently 12.1.4) If not,
please apply the updates to see if that makes a difference.





Additionally, Excel 2008 certainly should not be crashing. I have found
it to be very stable. Again. Make sure the updates are applied. If you
can narrow down the crash (any of them) to a specific action, please post
the details here.





-- Bob Greenblatt [MVP], Macintosh bobgreenblattATmsnDOTcom

 

[Pat McMillan]

Rick,

I'd love to investigate the specific issues you're having. If you could send
details directly to me I will be happy to investigate. For crashes, please
provide me with the steps that lead to the crash, and specific files if
possible, as well as the crash log that's produced when Excel crashes (just
click "More Info' in the Microsoft Error Reporting window and copy/paste the
whole log into an email. The same is true for the performance issues you're
seeing. The more detail you can provide, and files, if possible, the better
able we will be to investigate.

Thanks,

Pat McMillan
(e-mail address removed)