MacBookPro (Intel) and Office 2004

[aapedroso]

Hello. I have a brand new MacbookPro with 1 GB of ram and I am using
the Office 2004 for Mac. When I try to save an excel document I get the
message to "...close document to save there is -not enough memory". I
have parallels installed but not using it. Can anyone help? It seems
that 1GB should be more than enough.
Thanks

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Hi:

You will find that 1 GB of RAM is very marginal for running Parallels under
10.4.8.

Don't forget you are effectively running THREE operating systems -- 10.4.8,
Rosetta, and Windows.

Each of them needs about a GB of memory to work properly.

When you say you are "not using" Parallels, does that mean it was Quit, or
simply Minimised? If it were minimised, it would still be reserving the
memory it and Windows needs to operate.

However: This may not be your problem.

Please Quit Parallels and all of your other applications, and then try the
operation again.

If you get the same error message, it's not a memory problem, it's a bad
Excel file. Post back and we'll try to help you find out what's wrong with
it.

In the meantime, I would think seriously about upgrading your MacBook Pro
memory to the limit of 3GB that the motherboard allows. You will get faster
and more reliable service

Cheers

Hello. I have a brand new MacbookPro with 1 GB of ram and I am using
the Office 2004 for Mac. When I try to save an excel document I get the
message to "...close document to save there is -not enough memory". I
have parallels installed but not using it. Can anyone help? It seems
that 1GB should be more than enough.
Thanks

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Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Business Analyst, Consultant
Technical Writer.
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410

 

[AAP]

Hi John. Thanks a lot. Parallels is totally off - quit- not suspended
when I get the low memory note. I will heed your advice to add more GB
albeit I'll have to take the Mac to an expert since I am a novice. I
bought the MacBook Pro at an Apple store and the sales person assured
me that 1GB was enough. So much for their knowledge.
Thanks again
Armando

 

[Lane]

Hi John. Thanks a lot. Parallels is totally off - quit- not suspended
when I get the low memory note. I will heed your advice to add more GB
albeit I'll have to take the Mac to an expert since I am a novice. I
bought the MacBook Pro at an Apple store and the sales person assured
me that 1GB was enough. So much for their knowledge.
Thanks again
Armando

Hi there,

I use 2004 on a Intel Macbook Pro and 500 Mb flawlessly, so can't tell
what's wrong.

Lane

 

[AAP]

Thanks Lane.....I have not had the problem in a while. Thanks a lot

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Hi Lane:

Yeah, you'll get away with 512 MB for short, simple documents. With larger
documents, particularly if you have several other applications open, things
will slow down a bit.

For OS X on its own, 1GB is a nice round number

On an Intel Mac, you should think about adding a little more to allow for
Rosetta when running any non-Universal applications.

Parallels needs about 512 MB for itself. Windows XP will run in 256 MB, it
needs 512 to go properly. Parallels recommends 1.5 GB. Windows Vista needs
512 MB to run at all, and 1GB to work properly.

Add them all up and you come out at around 2GB. If you plan on doing
"serious" work in Windows, 3GB will make it go better

Battery life would improve with more memory too (the system is able to stop
the hard disk for longer between accesses). However, with more memory, the
temptation is to work the system harder, so you still may not actually make
it across the Atlantic on a single charge

Cheers

Hi there,

I use 2004 on a Intel Macbook Pro and 500 Mb flawlessly, so can't tell
what's wrong.

Lane

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John McGhie <[email protected]>
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Business Analyst, Consultant
Technical Writer.
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410