Question on Notebooks:

Is my Asus 1005HA powerful enough to run all the programs from Microsoft Office Professional 2007? Also, will upgrading to 2GB of RAM improve the performance?

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Answer:

Microsoft Office 2007 will run on a Netbook, no two ways about it. The issue is how long it will take to complete certain tasks. For standard documents and spreadsheets, it should be quite snappy.

However, if you work with video and image-heavy PowerPoint presentations, expect a long wait between clicks. In any case, it's always advisable to upgrade to the maximum memory as this is the cheapest way to improve system performance.

hasan59

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hasan59 says...
Sure MS office will run fine as long as you dont open more than a couple of heavy word files or try to edit a
workbook with multiple work sheets while watching You Tube or running virus scan ec.

Hasan

Oct 19, 2009 23:43

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rgathright says...
I run Microsoft Office 2007 just fine on my ASUS 1005HA netbook!

I wrote an article that takes you through the process of installing Microsoft Office on a netbook here: bit.ly...

Oct 22, 2009 02:55

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hasan59 says...
No body is disputing the netbook's ability to run MS 2007. My point is that in this age no one can afford single tasking. We all like to open multiple web pages, check mail, listen to MP3 music, transfer data to / from USB, run background virus scan etc. etc. I have experience of NB-100 netbook. Believe me it cant even remotely compete with regular notebooks in surfing multiple sites sharing same WI FI connection in the same room.

Oct 22, 2009 14:34

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rgathright says...
@hasan59, On a daily basis, I keep two MS Word 2007 documents open and keep a Remote Desktop connection open to my servers all using an 802.11G connection with my ASUS 1005HA netbook. bit.ly...

I will admit that some netbooks are much slower due to hardware architecture bottlenecks.

Sorry, but I have to disagree with you on this one friend.

Oct 22, 2009 20:34

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hasan59 says...
My point is MS 2007 runs fine but you cannot seriously multitask in a typical real life scenario as outlined by me. Architecture? what architecture? There is nothing you can do about measly 512 KB L2 cache, slow 1.6 Ghz processor speed and FSB which is constant across the typical mainstream N-270 netbooks. As for RAM, thats already maxed out to 2GB by me.

You are basically getting long battery life and ultraportability as long as you are happy wiyh a 3 generation old processor (in equivalent terms)

In the ultimate analysis N-270 netbook is a glorified toy and nothing else.I hope you dont mind.

Oct 24, 2009 02:32