Would I see a significant performance improvement in running complex spreadsheets if I upgrade from XP to Windows 7 64 bit? My understanding is that Office 2007 is 32 bit and won't take advantage of the 64 bit?
To further explain, on my work machine I currently have a decent Dell setup running Windows XP with 2 GB of RAM. I primarily work in Excel and Access 2007 and often find myself waiting on my machine.
My plan is to wait until Office 2010 is released and then do a machine upgrade that includes more RAM, Windows 7 64 bit and Office 2010.
I'm wondering if I upgrade my laptop, RAM and operating system now and add Office 2010 when it becomes available......would I see any significant performance improvement running the same Excel and Access 2007 on a machine with more RAM and an operating system that can utilize that RAM?
To further explain, on my work machine I currently have a decent Dell setup running Windows XP with 2 GB of RAM. I primarily work in Excel and Access 2007 and often find myself waiting on my machine.
My plan is to wait until Office 2010 is released and then do a machine upgrade that includes more RAM, Windows 7 64 bit and Office 2010.
I'm wondering if I upgrade my laptop, RAM and operating system now and add Office 2010 when it becomes available......would I see any significant performance improvement running the same Excel and Access 2007 on a machine with more RAM and an operating system that can utilize that RAM?