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From: housen@ssc-vax.UUCP (Kevin Housen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Should we upgrade to Excel v2.2?
Summary: Excel 2.2 is slow
Message-ID: <2859@ssc-vax.UUCP>
Date: 18 Aug 89 20:03:58 GMT
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We recently upgraded to Excel 2.2.  After using it for a few
weeks, these are my general impressions.  On the plus side,
the graphics seem to have been improved a little.  In particular,
you can now get thin lines on the LaserWriter.  On the other hand,
2.2 seems to be much slower than 1.5, contrary to the claims of
MicroSoft.  For example, one of my worksheets which has maybe
100 rows by 30 cols (and is linked to another, much smaller) sheet
takes more than a factor of 2 longer to recalculate in 2.2
compared to 1.5.  I have a few other comparisons and have found no
cases where 2.2 is actually faster than 1.5 (perhaps I havent
tried the right ones).  In some cases, 2.2 was a factor of 4 to 5
times slower.  The slowdown seems to be minimized if you dont have
worksheets that are linked together.  If it were not for the nicer
looking plots, I would stick with 1.5.  But I would suggest that
you find a version of 2.2 to play with before deciding one way or
the other...

Kevin Housen
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