Can I run IWork on a 400MHz G4?

Just picked up IWork and didn't notice it requires 500MHz or faster. I have a 400 MHz G4. Does anyone know if the appication will still run? A friend thought it would run but just not as fast.
I'd like to know before I spend money on some additional RAM that I need to run the application. Thanks.

Just picked up IWork and didn't notice it requires
500MHz or faster. I have a 400 MHz G4. Does anyone
know if the appication will still run? A friend
thought it would run but just not as fast.
You might not even be able to install it. I've known Installer programs to check the the Mac they're on, and not install software if they don't meet the minimum requirements. I don't know that's the case with iWork '06, but it might be. And it might be worth checking before buying iWork '06. If you phone Apple they should be able to verify this. You could also test this by installing the 30 day trial of iWork '06. It comes with iLife '06, though it might be available separately from an Apple Store or Reseller.
My daughter uses Pages on a G4/500 for assignments occasionally and found it "very, very slow". It's slow to start ('bout 15 bounces in the Dock), the template chooser jerks down the screen, scrolling is jerky, and on screen text lags about 2 characters behind what you're typing (even more if you type fast). This lag increases the longer you keep Pages running. NB Restarting Pages returns it back to normal speed.
So your experience on a G4/400 is going to be worse than this. I'd strongly recommend installing the trial and making a decision based on your experience.
Dale

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