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[Closed] help please - will my laptop spec cope with Office 2010?

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I've got a 3 year old laptop with
a Centrino Duo (U7500, 1GHz),
1GB of RAM,
24GB of a 55GB hard drive still free,
running XP SP3 and Office 2007.

I'm planning on getting Office 2010 including MS Access 2010 - should this work on my laptop without problems?

Thanks for any opinions...


 
Posted : 07/12/2010 3:06 pm
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The processor will probably manage but the memory will likely be a limit - I'd suggest sticking as much in there as you can which is relatively cheap to do.


 
Posted : 07/12/2010 3:17 pm
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ehm, this might be a stupid question, but does getting more memory just involve replacing the "memory module" or whatever these "memory strips" are called :oops:?


 
Posted : 07/12/2010 3:30 pm
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Office 2007 and Office 2010 have same processor and ram requirements soif you are currently happy with offcie 2007 performance then no need to change anything


 
Posted : 07/12/2010 3:44 pm
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Office 2010 is fine on my daughter's netbook. As netbooks are the most feeble devices ever created I reckon you'll be fine too.

No need to upgrade your memory either.


 
Posted : 07/12/2010 3:50 pm
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always worth upgrading memory

use the crucial memory scanner and upgrade will increase performance for not much cost
http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/drammemory.aspx

you can pay 10-20% less if you get the memory they reccomend from elsewhere on the web, i used ebay


 
Posted : 07/12/2010 3:52 pm