Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!husc6!ogccse!blake!uw-beaver!fluke!ssc-vax!housen 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 References: <1989Aug16.144034.3034@aucs.uucp> Distribution: na Organization: Boeing Aerospace Corp., Seattle WA Lines: 24We 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 Standard disclaimers... . :wq