Office Pro 2007 Vista Business Is it slow?

LapQuest · 03-28-2007, 11:27 AM

Dell M1210 in signature. Is this enough machine to keep these two softwares from killing the speed on the computer? I already have another computer with Office Developer XP with Windows XP Pro running too slow trying not to have the same thing occur.

System64 · 03-28-2007, 11:50 AM

Your M1210 has enough power to run both abovementioned software..Especially with the most powerful merom around the T7600 with 2GB ram. Speed should not be an issue while running both at the same time.

LapQuest · 03-28-2007, 12:00 PM

I read somewhere that it had been a problem but that makes me feel a lot better. So outlook should not slow it into oblivion? My XP problem is a big problem but I am replacing that with Office 2003. It seems like the indexing is a big problem.

kegobeer · 03-28-2007, 07:08 PM

LapQuest, please don't crosspost. You should pick one board to post your question in, instead of posting the same question in this board and the Dell board.

skagen · 03-28-2007, 08:15 PM

You people crack me up sometimes. There are people running Centrino laptops with Vista and Office 2007. I myself have Vista Business on a LV 2500Core Duo (1.83Ghz) with 1GB RAM and it is just fine. Yes that is a low voltage Core Duo, not a Core2Duo. It works - seamlessly.

Install or the Office 2007 - or dont. Your hardware is not a barrier in any way.

LapQuest · 03-28-2007, 09:27 PM

Sorry about the cross thread. I was not getting anyone in Dell forum. Now it has gotten responses. I apologize. The reason I was asking yes it is a fast machine but if any one can have a problem I would be the one. So I was trying to make sure. Since it looks like my other software may not work I am glad I asked. I will not post twice again but I had not gotten any answers so I thought maybe it needed to be moved here.

Which is the best place to keep it?

ubercool · 03-28-2007, 10:08 PM

I had to uninstall Office 2007, because it froze my computer whenever it got e-mail. Totally sux. I just uninstalled that part of Office 2007 and reinstalled Outlook 2003 and now everything works fine, except that PowerPoint 2007 is a POS.

kegobeer · 03-28-2007, 11:02 PM

Where to keep it? It doesn't matter - just pick one and post a link to the other one. You could ask a moderator to merge the two threads together (that's their job).

LapQuest · 03-28-2007, 11:07 PM

I was afraid that what I had heard about outlook was true. I was reading that outlook was really heavy on system resources. I was thinking about Office 2003 myself. My biggest needs are outlook word and excel. I think my computer taking too long to boot up and be usable is a big problem. My dad is like Skagen if it works who cares if it is slow. But I like my machine in a usable state quick.

This is very enlightening. I did not use XP until SP1 and was very happy I did. But since I had the OS I was considering the move. I need to try to help a friend who can't get her homework turned in with Works and Vista on an HP desktop.

LapQuest · 03-28-2007, 11:09 PM

Could a moderator merge this thread with this one? http://forum.notebookreview.com/show...=1#post1886168