Word 2001

#1 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 - 01:39

The minimum specs listed for MS Word 2001 are a 120MHz ppc and OS8.1.

Would it install and run on a mere 100MHz PowerBook Duo 2300c, under OS8.6, with 56MB ram? I'm wondering if I should go through the bother of trying.

Any thoughts?

#2 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 - 01:51

Any thoughts?

What are your goals?

#3 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 - 02:55

It'll be fine (tried Office 2001 on my PB 5300c 100Mhz), you might find office 98 to be even better though

#4 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 - 04:09

Yeah, I ran Office 2001 on a Duo 2300c with 56 MB of RAM just fine. I think I was running Mac OS 9.1 at the time. (I used that machine as a primary notebook for about 3 months between selling my PC notebook and getting my 12" PowerBook G4.)

#5 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 - 22:14

Thanks. I want the PB 2300c for portability, and Word 2001 for compatibility.

By way of tinkering, I am going to try running it from a 4GB CF card instead of a hard drive.

#6 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 - 01:46

As others said, it'll be fine - when my 8100/80AV still worked, I ran Office 2001 on it, and it was fine. Currently I have it installed on my Performa "6260", which has a 100 Mhz PPC 603e, and its fine.

#7 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 - 12:27

It is surprisingly snappy on the Duo with a 4GB CF disk! Start-up takes a while, but its speed in use is excellent. I am impressed.

Ram Doubler 9 and Speed Doubler 8 are installed, however, and this might be helping matters along.