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Doesn't MS Office offload some of that load time to startup by running a helper app on login that preloads some stuff? So your tradeoff is boot time vs app lau

Doesn't MS Office offload some of that load time to startup by running a helper app on login that preloads some stuff? So your tradeoff is boot time vs app launch time.

barrkel 16y ago
I usually kill Office Start and all the other "fast startup" applications that various bits and pieces install, but Word is damn fast to start. I've had occasion to use Word 97 on modern machines - it starts about as fast as Notepad.
- icefox 16y ago
  What about Word 2007? Is that as fast as Notepad?
  - barrkel 16y ago
    I don't own Word 2007. I actually use OpenOffice for all office-like tasks; they're somewhat slower, relatively glitchy, but they get the minimum amount of work I need there done.
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