
The ONLY major update added recently has been IE7 and as a high priority update, it downloaded automatically, although I have Firefox designated as my default browser.ĭoes anyone have any idea of what might be out of place or how to correct it? I have some major publishing projects and use Word for the text portion, so problems especially at this time are not good. All the updates are current for both Windows and Office.

I have checked for viruses, spyware, adware, etc. The system is a 2.7 Intel cpu with 1 gig RAM. Virus protection is AVG 7.5 Free edition. Excel, Access, Power Point, etc.) The OS is Win XP Pro/SP2. The version I use is MS Word 2003 (bundled with the Suite and all the other programs work and open normally, i.e. I thought it was me being impatient until I watched my husband's computer Word opened immediately upon his mouse click. It doesn't matter whether I open from a document name itself or from the program icon, it will take approximately 45-60 seconds to open the program.
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Of course, running Chrome OS doesn’t require much processing power in the first place, so it might not feel as slow as you’d expect.I have noticed over the past several days that Microsoft Word is very slow to open. Most of them are running extremely low-power and old CPUs, such as Intel Celeron, Pentium, or Core m3.

Specifically, the disadvantages of Chromebooks are: Weak processing power.

Plus, the cost of a Windows 10 PC can now match the value of a Chromebook. It simply offers shoppers more - more apps, more photo and video-editing options, more browser choices, more productivity programs, more games, more types of file support and more hardware options. Google uses the LTS versions because the two-years between releases is much more workable than the every six-month cycle of ordinary Ubuntu releases. San Diego, CA: Most Linux people know that Google uses Linux on its desktops as well as its servers. Google’s desktop operating system of choice is Ubuntu Linux.
