1. Whether MS Word inherently runs more poorly on Mac computers than on PCs, esp. when doing fancy stuff like heavy tracked changes on long, complex documents? (e.g, 20 pages or more, with extensive footnotes, table of contents, etc.). Word slowing down to turtle speed and freezing are the problems I've encountered.
2. What are the optimal computer system specs to reliably use Word to work with long, complex documents?
If Microsoft says minimum RAM requirement is 4GB, should I really be using a computer that has more than that? 6GB, 8GB, etc.? What about processor or hard drive type and speed? Etc.
E.g, Would it be crazy to expect MS Word (current or previous version) to run well on a laptop with these specs:
Processor: 1.6GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 (Turbo Boost up to 2.7GHz) with 3MB shared L3 cache
Memory: 4GB of 1600MHz LPDDR3 onboard memory
Storage: 256GB PCIe-based flash storage
(Assuming everyday work use would be editing a Word document or two, consulting a few web pages, and maybe i-tunes running. No gaming, video streaming, heavy upload/download processes going on at the same time.)
Any general impressions or experiences you can share would be much appreciated!
