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NeoOffice Performance Comparison
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N.B. Initial editing is still in progress
N.B. This page compares NeoOffice 2.2.4 to StarOffice 9 Beta and Microsoft Office 2008 for the Mac.
This page attempts to provide a balanced, but by no means complete, comparison of NeoOffice's performance with two comparable office suites, Microsoft Office and OpenOffice.org, to help you make a more informed decision when evaluating office software. Some other software developers have similar comparison pages; those we are aware of are linked below.
NeoOffice vs. StarOffice/OpenOffice.org vs. Microsoft Office
| Performance Test | NeoOffice | StarOffice 9 Beta for Mac | MS Office 2008 for Mac |
|---|---|---|---|
| General: | |||
| Price | $0.00, donation requested | $0.00 | $149.95 Home & Student Edition |
| Launch time to active cursor in Writer document by double-clicking on application in Finder after reboot (cold start) | xxx seconds | xxx seconds | xxx seconds |
| Launch time to active cursor in Writer document by double-clicking on application in Finder after quitting application (warm start) | xxx seconds | xxx seconds | xxx seconds |
| Word Processor: | |||
| with a 500,000 character document (about 130 pages long) | |||
| Open in page view, drag from Finder to closed application. | xxx seconds | xxx seconds | xxx seconds |
| Open in page view, drag from Finder to open application | xxx seconds | xxx seconds | xxx seconds |
| Scrolls with the keyboard: 10x Page Down button | xxx seconds | xxx seconds | xxx seconds |
| Scrolling with the mouse: 10 clicks in Scrollbar | xxx seconds | xxx seconds | xxx seconds |
| Scrolling with the mouse: Click and drag in Scrollbar to end of document | xxx seconds | xxx seconds | xxx seconds |
| Save | xxx seconds | xxx seconds | xxx seconds |
| Save as ... Same format different name | xxx seconds | xxx seconds | xxx seconds |
| Print Preview | xxx seconds | xxx seconds | xxx seconds |
| Print ... | xxx seconds | xxx seconds | xxx seconds |
| Export as PDF | xxx seconds | xxx seconds | xxx seconds |
| with a 2 million character document (about 530 pages long) | |||
| Open in page view, drag from Finder to closed application. | xxx seconds | xxx seconds | xxx seconds |
| Open in page view, drag from Finder to open application | xxx seconds | xxx seconds | xxx seconds |
| Scrolls with the keyboard: 10x Page Down button | xxx seconds | xxx seconds | xxx seconds |
| Scrolling with the mouse: 10 clicks in Scrollbar | xxx seconds | xxx seconds | xxx seconds |
| Scrolling with the mouse: Click and drag in Scrollbar to end of document | xxx seconds | xxx seconds | xxx seconds |
| Save | xxx seconds | xxx seconds | xxx seconds |
| Save as ... Same format different name | xxx seconds | xxx seconds | xxx seconds |
| Print Preview | xxx seconds | xxx seconds | xxx seconds |
| Print ... | xxx seconds | xxx seconds | xxx seconds |
| Export as PDF | xxx seconds | xxx seconds | xxx seconds |
Notes:
Other Comparisons
Additional performance (and feature) comparisons between selected office suites and word processors are available at Mellel: Competitive Comparison (redlers.com; compares Mellel 2.0 with Microsoft Office 2004, OpenOffice.org 2.0.x, and Nisus Writer Express 2.7, but not NeoOffice) and Word-Alternativen: Der Test (apfelwiki.de; compares AbiWord 2.4.5, Mellel 2.2.7, NeoOffice 2.2.1, Nisus Writer Pro 1.0, and Apple's Pages 3.0 [de]).
