On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:34:01 -0800 Barry Reiter wrote: > I use OO on my home Linux systems, but unfortunately I am forced to > use Windows at work. I have noticed that OO runs great on 32 bit > Kubuntu and Suse Linux, but on fully-patched 32 bit versions of > Windows XP Pro and Vista Home premium it starts up and runs much more > slowly (crashing occasionally on XP with multiple instances open). > The work machine is a little slower(P4 2.8 G, 512 MB) than the home > machines, but the work machine runs MS Word and Excel 2003 just fine. > > Being of a suspicious nature where Microsoft is concerned, I think > that it would be interesting if a test were to be conducted using the > same "standard machine" (not a VM) on both the current OOW and MS > Office Word 2003/2007 startup times, and some standard "benchmark" OOW > and MS Word function, on the following OS's: >
Running OpenOffice.org effectively loads the program (soffice.exe) which holds most of the instruction code for Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, and Base. It is effectively the same as starting Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access and Visio at the same time (which are all seperate programs). Once Writer is started note how quick a Calc sheet opens (given enough memory space). Also OO.o will boot quicker if the quickstarter is turned on and running on your task bar. MS Word does not have native versions for several of the OS's mentioned. Given all the above info benchmark testing results would hardly be fair. -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
