I've experienced - as have many others in here - inordinate slow downs in
saving autorecover, macro executions, file openings and in contual screen
fade-outs and "not responding" messages while Excel takes time out just to
"think".

Does anyone know if these issues have been successfully addressed in Office
2010?

Yes, Microsoft has made improvements to address the slow down issues in Excel 2010. Here are some steps you can take to improve performance:

1. Disable unnecessary add-ins: Go to File Options Add-Ins and disable any add-ins that you don't need.
2. Clear the cache: Go to File Options Advanced and under the General section, click on "Clear" under the "Excel Options" section.
3. Disable animations: Go to File Options Advanced and under the Display section, uncheck the box for "Animations in task pane".
4. Disable hardware acceleration: Go to File Options Advanced and under the Display section, uncheck the box for "Disable hardware graphics acceleration".
5. Reduce the size of your file: Remove any unnecessary data or formatting from your file to reduce its size.
6. Use the 64-bit version of Excel: If you have a 64-bit operating system, use the 64-bit version of Excel to take advantage of the additional memory.

By following these steps, you should see an improvement in the performance of Excel 2010.

Let me stress that these comments are based on very limited and informal
testing of some features as of the last Beta release of 2010. It's not like
I've been beating on it continuously for several months.
I've been running 2010 in a virtual machine which in itself adds some
overhead to time to do anything.
Macro speed: even in the VM, overall it's a bit faster than 2007, but still
not up to 2003 performance.
File Open/Save: good speed. Can't talk to saving autorecover - haven't
noticed anything out of the ordinary.
Can't really address you other questions either - just not enough tests or
continuous use to evaluate.
There are definite improvements in both the macro recorder and the
interface, with the ability to easily create your own custom tab being a big
one in my book. The graphics engine is significantly more responsive.

One perception I have is that 2010 RTM is a 'release to market' as scheduled
by the developers instead of what I felt was a 'rush to market' as scheduled
by the marketing department for 2007.

"Kevryl" wrote:

I've experienced - as have many others in here - inordinate slow downs in
saving autorecover, macro executions, file openings and in contual screen
fade-outs and "not responding" messages while Excel takes time out just to
"think".

Does anyone know if these issues have been successfully addressed in Office
2010?

Thanks for the considered response, JL.

"JLatham" wrote:

Let me stress that these comments are based on very limited and informal
testing of some features as of the last Beta release of 2010. It's not like
I've been beating on it continuously for several months.
I've been running 2010 in a virtual machine which in itself adds some
overhead to time to do anything.
Macro speed: even in the VM, overall it's a bit faster than 2007, but still
not up to 2003 performance.
File Open/Save: good speed. Can't talk to saving autorecover - haven't
noticed anything out of the ordinary.
Can't really address you other questions either - just not enough tests or
continuous use to evaluate.
There are definite improvements in both the macro recorder and the
interface, with the ability to easily create your own custom tab being a big
one in my book. The graphics engine is significantly more responsive.

One perception I have is that 2010 RTM is a 'release to market' as scheduled
by the developers instead of what I felt was a 'rush to market' as scheduled
by the marketing department for 2007.

"Kevryl" wrote:

I've experienced - as have many others in here - inordinate slow downs in
saving autorecover, macro executions, file openings and in contual screen
fade-outs and "not responding" messages while Excel takes time out just to
"think".

Does anyone know if these issues have been successfully addressed in Office
2010?