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Re:Notepad++ v8 release by Dort on Monday June 07, 2021 @09:11AM (#27422136)
I assume you are not using Excel 2003 on your 16GB machine. May I ask which version of MS Office you are using?

If I have to believe this[1] thread, then Office 365 is now an Electron app, which would explain the slowness.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17300893

Re:Notepad++ v8 release by xbar on Monday June 07, 2021 @10:54AM (#27423305)
I most live on Macs. But for big spreadsheets, my Microsoft Excel 2010 on a modern Windows PC is blazing fast to open, load, operate and calculate. Sub-400ms and 8.4MB RAM to launch.

Sadly, support ended October of 2020, so it's time to find something else before too long. It is not going to be contemporary Office.

Re:Notepad++ v8 release by radmuzom on Monday June 07, 2021 @09:24AM (#27422287)
I am using Office 2016 Professional (Microsoft does give it away at dirt cheap prices to many corporate employees). Desktop version installed using an .exe.