Office Pro on sub 700MHz Mac

[macter]

I am about to buy Office 2004, but have the opportunity to buy Office
2004 Pro for very little extra cost. Although it is my intention to
install Office on a 450 MHz G4, I'd quite like to have virtual PC for
additional faster machine. I see that on the Microsoft website that the
system requirements for Office Pro require a 700MHz Mac. Can anyone
tell me if this is simply for Virtual PC, and can they confirm that the
install requirements for the Office components are exactly those of the
standard edition. Are there two completely separate CDs in the box, or
do they use a combined installer? I'm concerned that if they use a
combined installer it may detect that my 450MHz machine is < 700MHz and
refuse to install Office, even though I do not intend to install
virtual PC on that machine. Thanks.

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi macter -

No problem. VPC7 is a totally separate installation disk & the Office
apps are identical. The extra horsepower requirement for Pro is because
of VPC.

Regards |:>)

 

[mmmmark]

I am about to buy Office 2004, but have the opportunity to buy Office
2004 Pro for very little extra cost. Although it is my intention to
install Office on a 450 MHz G4, I'd quite like to have virtual PC for
additional faster machine. I see that on the Microsoft website that the
system requirements for Office Pro require a 700MHz Mac. Can anyone
tell me if this is simply for Virtual PC, and can they confirm that the
install requirements for the Office components are exactly those of the
standard edition. Are there two completely separate CDs in the box, or
do they use a combined installer? I'm concerned that if they use a
combined installer it may detect that my 450MHz machine is < 700MHz and
refuse to install Office, even though I do not intend to install
virtual PC on that machine. Thanks.

I have the Student/Teacher Edition and I have one copy on an original 233
MHz Bondi iMac with 192 MB RAM. It isn't light speed, but it works fine and
has OS X 10.3.9.

It all depends on how much patience a person has. ;-)

-Mark

 

[macter]

That's great. Thanks for your help.

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Hi,

You've probably already seen the previous postings - and I agree with
them all so far.

I've run Office 2004 (without virtual PC) on a Bondi iMac 233 Mhz and it
runs fine except for some video processor intensive things like certain
PowerPoint animations that are jumpy or slow.

On a 400mhz powerbook there is not enough graphic support to use
PowerPoint's Presenter View, but otherwise it is OK.

VPC really does need at least 700mhz to be uncomfortably slow. For VPC
faster is definately better.

-Jim