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First, I'd like to thank everyone who responded to my earlier posting re problems with large documents. To answer their questions, it's a Power Mac G4, 2001, 10.3.9. I work in Microsoft Word, version X,2001. Several months ago we increased the memory to 1 GB, which helped a little. I tend to have problems when a document (words only, no graphics) approaches 1 MB. That's when it freezes and I can't open the document. Obviously now, I am forestalling that and splitting the document before it reaches that point.
If I end up investing in a new computer will that still be a problem?
And will my documents all translate into the new version? I've heard there are difficulties with Word 2008.
However, there are more problems with the current computer. I was using Disc Utilities every couple of weeks, which did seem to help, although there is a distinct lag between the time I delete something and the time it registers on the screen and the same for when I am scrolling thru pages and the page number is very slow to appear. Someone suggested we use disc warrior, which now seems to have caused problems rather than solving them, as things are slower than before. The computer doesn't have a DVD, so we obtained one to use, but it didn't seem to work right, as the image on the screen was so light it was virtually unreadable, although it said that it did what it was supposed to do.
In addition, when I ran disc utilities last night it said 'reserved fields in the catalogue records have incorrect data. The volume OSX needs to be repaired'. When I then did 'repair disc', it said that repair was attempted on two volumes, but one could not be repaired. The computer hard drive is partitioned in two. Was it related to that? Still, it never said that before. What does all this mean? Is there something I can do about it? Should I be concerned?
Someone recommended Yasu and Onyx as maintenance applications, but would they work on this computer and how do I obtain them? Do I need to find a DVD player that will work with this Mac and what should I look for?
Is it worth trying to continue with this computer or should I read the writing on the wall and get something newer?
I appreciate all your suggestions and am sorry to have asked so many questions at once.
If I end up investing in a new computer will that still be a problem?
And will my documents all translate into the new version? I've heard there are difficulties with Word 2008.
However, there are more problems with the current computer. I was using Disc Utilities every couple of weeks, which did seem to help, although there is a distinct lag between the time I delete something and the time it registers on the screen and the same for when I am scrolling thru pages and the page number is very slow to appear. Someone suggested we use disc warrior, which now seems to have caused problems rather than solving them, as things are slower than before. The computer doesn't have a DVD, so we obtained one to use, but it didn't seem to work right, as the image on the screen was so light it was virtually unreadable, although it said that it did what it was supposed to do.
In addition, when I ran disc utilities last night it said 'reserved fields in the catalogue records have incorrect data. The volume OSX needs to be repaired'. When I then did 'repair disc', it said that repair was attempted on two volumes, but one could not be repaired. The computer hard drive is partitioned in two. Was it related to that? Still, it never said that before. What does all this mean? Is there something I can do about it? Should I be concerned?
Someone recommended Yasu and Onyx as maintenance applications, but would they work on this computer and how do I obtain them? Do I need to find a DVD player that will work with this Mac and what should I look for?
Is it worth trying to continue with this computer or should I read the writing on the wall and get something newer?
I appreciate all your suggestions and am sorry to have asked so many questions at once.