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'''N.B. Initial editing is still in progress <!--(using NeoOffice_2.2.4_Feature_Comparison as a base)-->''' '''N.B. Initial editing is still in progress <!--(using NeoOffice_2.2.4_Feature_Comparison as a base)-->'''
-'''N.B.''' ''This page compares NeoOffice 2.2.4 <!--(a legacy version of NeoOffice)--> to StarOffice 9 Beta and Microsoft Office 2008 <!--(and Microsoft Office 2004)--> for the Mac.''+'''N.B.''' ''This page compares NeoOffice 2.2.4 <!--(a legacy version of NeoOffice)--> to OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta 2/StarOffice 9 Beta and Microsoft Office 2008 <!--(and Microsoft Office 2004)--> 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, StarOffice/OpenOffice.org and Microsoft, 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 [[#Other Comparisons|below]]. This page attempts to provide a balanced, but by no means complete, comparison of NeoOffice's performance with two comparable office suites, StarOffice/OpenOffice.org and Microsoft, 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 [[#Other Comparisons|below]].
-=== NeoOffice vs. StarOffice/OpenOffice.org vs. Microsoft Office ===+=== NeoOffice vs. OpenOffice.org/StarOffice vs. Microsoft Office ===
<TABLE WIDTH=100%> <TABLE WIDTH=100%>
-<tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left">Performance Test</th><th valign="top">NeoOffice</th><th>StarOffice 9 Beta for Mac</th><th>MS Office 2008 for Mac</th></tr>+<tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left">Performance Test</th><th valign="top">NeoOffice</th><th>OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta 2/StarOffice 9 Beta for Mac</th><th>MS Office 2008 for Mac</th></tr>
<tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="4">General:</th></tr> <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="4">General:</th></tr>
<tr><td>Price</td><td align="center">$0.00, [http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/donate.php donation requested]</td><td align="center">$0.00</td><td align="center">$149.95 Home & Student Edition</td></tr> <tr><td>Price</td><td align="center">$0.00, [http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/donate.php donation requested]</td><td align="center">$0.00</td><td align="center">$149.95 Home & Student Edition</td></tr>
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<tr><td align="left">Open in page view, drag from Finder to closed application.</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td></tr> <tr><td align="left">Open in page view, drag from Finder to closed application.</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td></tr>
<tr {{BlueRow}}><td align="left">Open in page view, drag from Finder to open application</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td></tr> <tr {{BlueRow}}><td align="left">Open in page view, drag from Finder to open application</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left">Scrolls with the keyboard: 10x Page Down button</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td></tr>+<tr><td align="left">Scroll with the keyboard: 10x Page Down button</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td></tr>
<tr {{BlueRow}}><td align="left">Scrolling with the mouse: 10 clicks in Scrollbar</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td></tr> <tr {{BlueRow}}><td align="left">Scrolling with the mouse: 10 clicks in Scrollbar</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Scrolling with the mouse: Click and drag in Scrollbar to end of document</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td></tr> <tr><td align="left">Scrolling with the mouse: Click and drag in Scrollbar to end of document</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td></tr>
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<tr><td align="left">Open in page view, drag from Finder to closed application.</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td></tr> <tr><td align="left">Open in page view, drag from Finder to closed application.</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td></tr>
<tr {{BlueRow}}><td align="left">Open in page view, drag from Finder to open application</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td></tr> <tr {{BlueRow}}><td align="left">Open in page view, drag from Finder to open application</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td></tr>
-<tr><td align="left">Scrolls with the keyboard: 10x Page Down button</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td></tr>+<tr><td align="left">Scroll with the keyboard: 10x Page Down button</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td></tr>
<tr {{BlueRow}}><td align="left">Scrolling with the mouse: 10 clicks in Scrollbar</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td></tr> <tr {{BlueRow}}><td align="left">Scrolling with the mouse: 10 clicks in Scrollbar</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td></tr>
<tr><td align="left">Scrolling with the mouse: Click and drag in Scrollbar to end of document</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td></tr> <tr><td align="left">Scrolling with the mouse: Click and drag in Scrollbar to end of document</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td></tr>
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<tr><td align="left">Print ... <!--need details--></td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td></tr> <tr><td align="left">Print ... <!--need details--></td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td></tr>
<tr {{BlueRow}}><td align="left">Export as PDF</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td></tr> <tr {{BlueRow}}><td align="left">Export as PDF</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td></tr>
 +
 +<tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="4">Presentation:</th></tr>
 +<tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="4">... with a 13 slide document</th></tr>
 +<tr><td align="left">Open by dragging from Finder to closed application.</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td></tr>
 +<tr {{BlueRow}}><td align="left">Open by dragging from Finder to open application</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td></tr>
 +<tr><td align="left">Switch from edit to Slide Show</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td></tr>
 +<tr {{BlueRow}}><td align="left">Time to complete slide show with no transitions, using right arrow to advance slide</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td></tr>
 +<tr><td align="left">Time to complete slide show with no transitions, with slide advance set to 1 second</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td><td align="center">xxx seconds</td></tr>
</table> </table>
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* Tests were run as a newly created user with default setup * Tests were run as a newly created user with default setup
* No other applications were running * No other applications were running
-* Sample 500,000 and 2 million character word processing documents were obtained from [http://www.apfelwiki.de/Tests/WordAlternativenTest04 ApfelWiki Word-Alternativen Der Test]  
* Spell checking and automatic hyphenation were disabled * Spell checking and automatic hyphenation were disabled
 +* Sample 500,000 and 2 million character word processing documents were obtained from [http://www.apfelwiki.de/Tests/WordAlternativenTest04 ApfelWiki Word-Alternativen Der Test]
 +* Sample presentation document was obtained from [http://bugzilla.neooffice.org/bug.php?op=show&bugid=1473 NeoOffice Bugzilla]
 +

Revision as of 05:08, 13 August 2008

Last updated: 12 August 2008

N.B. Initial editing is still in progress

N.B. This page compares NeoOffice 2.2.4 to OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta 2/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, StarOffice/OpenOffice.org and Microsoft, 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. OpenOffice.org/StarOffice vs. Microsoft Office

Performance TestNeoOfficeOpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta 2/StarOffice 9 Beta for MacMS 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 secondsxxx secondsxxx seconds
Launch time to active cursor in Writer document by double-clicking on application in Finder after quitting application (warm start)xxx secondsxxx secondsxxx seconds
Word Processor:
... with a 500,000 character document (about 130 pages long)
Open in page view, drag from Finder to closed application.xxx secondsxxx secondsxxx seconds
Open in page view, drag from Finder to open applicationxxx secondsxxx secondsxxx seconds
Scroll with the keyboard: 10x Page Down buttonxxx secondsxxx secondsxxx seconds
Scrolling with the mouse: 10 clicks in Scrollbarxxx secondsxxx secondsxxx seconds
Scrolling with the mouse: Click and drag in Scrollbar to end of documentxxx secondsxxx secondsxxx seconds
Savexxx secondsxxx secondsxxx seconds
Save as ... Same format different namexxx secondsxxx secondsxxx seconds
Print Previewxxx secondsxxx secondsxxx seconds
Print ... xxx secondsxxx secondsxxx seconds
Export as PDFxxx secondsxxx secondsxxx seconds
... with a 2 million character document (about 530 pages long)
Open in page view, drag from Finder to closed application.xxx secondsxxx secondsxxx seconds
Open in page view, drag from Finder to open applicationxxx secondsxxx secondsxxx seconds
Scroll with the keyboard: 10x Page Down buttonxxx secondsxxx secondsxxx seconds
Scrolling with the mouse: 10 clicks in Scrollbarxxx secondsxxx secondsxxx seconds
Scrolling with the mouse: Click and drag in Scrollbar to end of documentxxx secondsxxx secondsxxx seconds
Savexxx secondsxxx secondsxxx seconds
Save as ... Same format different namexxx secondsxxx secondsxxx seconds
Print Previewxxx secondsxxx secondsxxx seconds
Print ... xxx secondsxxx secondsxxx seconds
Export as PDFxxx secondsxxx secondsxxx seconds
Presentation:
... with a 13 slide document
Open by dragging from Finder to closed application.xxx secondsxxx secondsxxx seconds
Open by dragging from Finder to open applicationxxx secondsxxx secondsxxx seconds
Switch from edit to Slide Showxxx secondsxxx secondsxxx seconds
Time to complete slide show with no transitions, using right arrow to advance slidexxx secondsxxx secondsxxx seconds
Time to complete slide show with no transitions, with slide advance set to 1 secondxxx secondsxxx secondsxxx seconds

Notes:

  • Tested under Mac OS 10.4.11 on an Mac Book Pro 2 GHz Intel Core Duo with 1 GB of RAM
  • Tests were run as a newly created user with default setup
  • No other applications were running
  • Spell checking and automatic hyphenation were disabled
  • Sample 500,000 and 2 million character word processing documents were obtained from ApfelWiki Word-Alternativen Der Test
  • Sample presentation document was obtained from NeoOffice Bugzilla


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]).

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