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Will Mac G5/OS X run (old!) Word 6?
Name: smileLP Date: January 8, 2005 at 12:25:55 Pacific OS: OS X CPU/Ram: 1.5 dual/500, soon to be
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i am so fed up with how gigantic and slow the new MS word in office is, even w/a brand-new super fast mac, that i would love to be able to use only my beloved word v. 6, and nothing newer (each version after 6 got more unnecessarily complicated, bigger, and slower; they had it right initially!) so, anyone know if my archaic version of word work on my G5/OS X? thanks!
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