Re:Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Win...
by blitzar on Thursday May 01, 2025 @04:53AM
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To be fair to Microsoft, Excel crashes far less frequently than it did 10 years ago so that is something I guess. I would put the "productivity gains" from that alone at +40%.
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Re:Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Win...
by bambax on Thursday May 01, 2025 @05:08AM
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Excel 2003 never crashes.
It's a little bit limited in number of lines and columns (but if you need that many you should probably be using a proper db).
Re:Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Win...
by blitzar on Thursday May 01, 2025 @05:16AM
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Gotta have XLOOKUP if you are going to compete these days. It might be aimed at the more casual audience and party gamers but it is the meta.
Re:Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Win...
by iLoveOncall on Thursday May 01, 2025 @05:03AM
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Probably because you have a way better computer.
My girlfriend and I work in the same company, I have an M1 mac because I'm a dev and she has a shitty Dell laptop with Windows. Sometimes it's easier for her to send me an Excel, make the edit for her and send it back, because Excel constantly hangs on her laptop.
Re:Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Win...
by mrweasel on Thursday May 01, 2025 @05:52AM
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Companies will buy the cheapest, shittiest PCs/laptops and wonder why their slow or people are unproductive. Apple have their share of issues, but at least they won't sell you completely useless laptops.
The minute someone is using a computer and it's noticeably slow their brain will start looking for something else to do and they'll lose any momentum on whatever task they where working on.