← Back to context Comment by steve1977 1 day ago And more performant. Software written for 2005 Windows runs super fast on todays systems. 2 comments steve1977 Reply HeckFeck 21 hours ago Sometimes I install Office 97 for kicks and marvel at how much I can do with it, yet it asks so little of my system. <2Mb RAM for Word 97! apatheticonion 14 hours ago Same, I used to use Office 2003 because it was so quick and the UI was exactly what you needed.On later versions they had animated cursor positions which felt slow, the spellcheck squiglies were lethargic and menus convoluted.That said, I've given up and mostly use Google Docs/Sheets now because of the features and cross platform support.
HeckFeck 21 hours ago Sometimes I install Office 97 for kicks and marvel at how much I can do with it, yet it asks so little of my system. <2Mb RAM for Word 97! apatheticonion 14 hours ago Same, I used to use Office 2003 because it was so quick and the UI was exactly what you needed.On later versions they had animated cursor positions which felt slow, the spellcheck squiglies were lethargic and menus convoluted.That said, I've given up and mostly use Google Docs/Sheets now because of the features and cross platform support.
apatheticonion 14 hours ago Same, I used to use Office 2003 because it was so quick and the UI was exactly what you needed.On later versions they had animated cursor positions which felt slow, the spellcheck squiglies were lethargic and menus convoluted.That said, I've given up and mostly use Google Docs/Sheets now because of the features and cross platform support.
Sometimes I install Office 97 for kicks and marvel at how much I can do with it, yet it asks so little of my system. <2Mb RAM for Word 97!
Same, I used to use Office 2003 because it was so quick and the UI was exactly what you needed.
On later versions they had animated cursor positions which felt slow, the spellcheck squiglies were lethargic and menus convoluted.
That said, I've given up and mostly use Google Docs/Sheets now because of the features and cross platform support.