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My work recently upgraded my department’s computers to shiny new spiffy i7 ssd 16GB RAM boxes. I spend most of my time in excel/access and the company still uses the 2007 versions of this software. Would I see large performance gains from switching to a more recent version of Excel?
One gain I know of is that upgrading will let us switch to a 64 bit version of Excel so we can utilize more RAM. Are there any others? I.T. told me that the changes are widely cosmetic between 2007 and 2013 so there is no point in updating. If I go back to challenge that decision I’d like to have a solid case.
learningAsIGo
Posted 2015-09-03T01:02:24.423
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Why the resistance to getting a new version of Excel if you have a new machine that can handle it? At the end of that, I.T. will have to end support for users using outdated software for little to no reason. Do you want to be “that guy?” – JakeGould – 2015-09-03T01:15:52.370
I want to switch but IT is historically resistant to supporting any new software, much less two versions of the same software for different departments. I made this post to gain some info and build a case so when I go back to them I have solid arguments to justify the cost expenditure. – learningAsIGo – 2015-09-03T01:38:23.623