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-{{LastUpdated|1 August 2011}}+{{LastUpdated|21 June 2012}}
-This page attempts to provide a balanced, but by no means complete, comparison of NeoOffice's performance with 3 comparable office suites - OpenOffice.org, LibreOffice, and Microsoft Office - to help you make a more informed decision when evaluating office software. Some other software developers have similar comparison pages. Those that 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 3 comparable office suites - Apache OpenOffice, LibreOffice, and Microsoft Office - to help you make a more informed decision when evaluating office software. Some other software developers have similar comparison pages. Those that we are aware of are linked [[#Other Comparisons|below]].
-=== NeoOffice 3.2.1 Beta vs. OpenOffice.org 3.3 vs. LibreOffice 3.3.3 vs. Microsoft Office 2008 ===+=== NeoOffice 3.3 Beta vs. Apache OpenOffice 3.4 vs. LibreOffice 3.5.4 vs. Microsoft Office 2008 ===
<table width="100%"> <table width="100%">
<tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left">Performance Test</th> <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left">Performance Test</th>
- <th>NeoOffice 3.2.1 Beta</th>+ <th>NeoOffice 3.3 Beta</th>
- <th>OpenOffice.org 3.3</th>+ <th>Apache OpenOffice 3.4</th>
- <th>LibreOffice 3.3.3</th>+ <th>LibreOffice 3.5.4</th>
<th>Microsoft Office 2008</th></tr> <th>Microsoft Office 2008</th></tr>
<tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="5">General:</th></tr> <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="5">General:</th></tr>
<tr> <tr>
<td>Price</td> <td>Price</td>
- <td align="center">[http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/donate.php Payment] of US$10 or more within the last year</td>+ <td align="center">[http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/services.php Payment] of US$10 or more within the last year</td>
<td align="center">$0.00</td> <td align="center">$0.00</td>
<td align="center">$0.00</td> <td align="center">$0.00</td>
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<tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="5">Word Processor:</th></tr> <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="5">Word Processor:</th></tr>
- <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="5">... with a 500,000 character document (approximately 130 pages long)</th></tr>+ <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="5">... with a 500,000 character document (approximately 125 pages long)</th></tr>
<tr {{BlueRow}}> <tr {{BlueRow}}>
<td colspan="5">Open in Print Layout view, by dragging from Finder to closed application (warm start)</td> <td colspan="5">Open in Print Layout view, by dragging from Finder to closed application (warm start)</td>
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<tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="5">Presentation:</th></tr> <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="5">Presentation:</th></tr>
- <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="5">... with a 11 slide document</th></tr>+ <tr {{HeaderRow}}><th align="left" colspan="5">... with a 12 slide document</th></tr>
<tr {{BlueRow}}> <tr {{BlueRow}}>
<td colspan="5">Open by dragging from Finder to closed application (warm start)</td> <td colspan="5">Open by dragging from Finder to closed application (warm start)</td>
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'''Notes:''' '''Notes:'''
* Tests were run as a newly created user with default setup * Tests were run as a newly created user with default setup
-* NeoOffice version is 3.2.1 Beta Patch 0+* NeoOffice version is 3.3 Beta Patch 0
-* OpenOffice.org version is 3.3+* Apache OpenOffice version is 3.4
-* LibreOffice version is 3.3.3+* LibreOffice version is 3.5.4
-* Microsoft Word 2008 version is 12.2.8+* Microsoft Word 2008 version is 12.3.3
* No other applications were running * No other applications were running
-* Machine details: Mac OS X 10.6.8 running on a 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Mac Mini with 4 GB of RAM+* Machine details: Mac OS X 10.6.8 running on a 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro with 2 GB of RAM
* Spotlight privacy was enabled for all volumes * Spotlight privacy was enabled for all volumes
-* Automatic spell checking, grammar and hyphenation were disabled+* Automatic spell checking, grammar, capitalization and hyphenation were disabled
-* Sample 500,000 character word processing document was obtained from [http://www.apfelwiki.de/Tests/WordAlternativenTest04 ApfelWiki Word-Alternativen Der Test] and modified to open in Print Layout view+* Sample 500,000 character word processing document was created from a [http://www.lipsum.com Lorem Ipsum] generation site and saved as an .odt file
-* Sample presentation document was obtained from [http://bugzilla.neooffice.org/bug.php?op=show&bugid=1473 NeoOffice Bugzilla] and saved as a .odp file+* The document above was saved in Microsoft 97/2000/XP .doc format for MS Office testing
-* Both documents above were saved in Microsoft 97/2000/XP formats (.doc and .ppt) for MS Office testing+* Sample presentation document was obtained from [http://trinity.neooffice.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=62838#62838] and saved as a .ppt file
* All print tests were output to the Mac OS X Preview application * All print tests were output to the Mac OS X Preview application

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Last updated: 21 June 2012

This page attempts to provide a balanced, but by no means complete, comparison of NeoOffice's performance with 3 comparable office suites - Apache OpenOffice, LibreOffice, and Microsoft Office - to help you make a more informed decision when evaluating office software. Some other software developers have similar comparison pages. Those that we are aware of are linked below.

NeoOffice 3.3 Beta vs. Apache OpenOffice 3.4 vs. LibreOffice 3.5.4 vs. Microsoft Office 2008

Performance Test NeoOffice 3.3 Beta Apache OpenOffice 3.4 LibreOffice 3.5.4 Microsoft Office 2008
General:
Price Payment of US$10 or more within the last year $0.00 $0.00 $149.95 Home & Student Edition
Launch Time:
Launch time to active cursor in Writer/Word document by double-clicking on application in Finder after reboot (cold start)
12 seconds 8 seconds 12 seconds 12 seconds
Launch time to active cursor in Writer/Word document by double-clicking on application in Finder after quitting application (warm start)
5 seconds 3 seconds 4 seconds 3 seconds
Word Processor:
... with a 500,000 character document (approximately 125 pages long)
Open in Print Layout view, by dragging from Finder to closed application (warm start)
6 seconds 4 seconds 4 seconds 4 seconds
Open in Print Layout view, by dragging from Finder to open application
2 seconds 1 seconds 1 seconds 1 seconds
Save
3 seconds 2 seconds 2 seconds 1 seconds
Page Preview
3 seconds 3 seconds 3 seconds 1 seconds
Print ...
14 seconds 18 seconds 16 seconds 6 seconds
Export/Save as PDF
7 seconds 7 seconds 7 seconds 10 seconds
Presentation:
... with a 12 slide document
Open by dragging from Finder to closed application (warm start)
7 seconds 4 seconds 6 seconds 4 seconds
Time to complete slide show with No Transition set, using space bar to advance slide
15 seconds 16 seconds 17 seconds 4 seconds
Time to complete slide show with transition set to Fade Smoothly, using space bar to advance slide
42 seconds 40 seconds 44 seconds 8 seconds
Time to complete slide show with transition set to Wedge, using space bar to advance slide
40 seconds 42 seconds 43 seconds 9 seconds
Print ...
13 seconds 38 seconds 43 seconds 3 seconds
Export/Save as PDF
7 seconds 7 seconds 8 seconds 2 seconds

Notes:

  • Tests were run as a newly created user with default setup
  • NeoOffice version is 3.3 Beta Patch 0
  • Apache OpenOffice version is 3.4
  • LibreOffice version is 3.5.4
  • Microsoft Word 2008 version is 12.3.3
  • No other applications were running
  • Machine details: Mac OS X 10.6.8 running on a 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro with 2 GB of RAM
  • Spotlight privacy was enabled for all volumes
  • Automatic spell checking, grammar, capitalization and hyphenation were disabled
  • Sample 500,000 character word processing document was created from a Lorem Ipsum generation site and saved as an .odt file
  • The document above was saved in Microsoft 97/2000/XP .doc format for MS Office testing
  • Sample presentation document was obtained from [1] and saved as a .ppt file
  • All print tests were output to the Mac OS X Preview application

Other Comparisons

Additional performance (and feature) comparisons between selected word processors is available at Word-Alternativen: Der Test (apfelwiki.de; compares Mellel 2.5, NeoOffice 2.2.3, Nisus Writer Pro 1.1, and Apple's Pages 3.0.2).

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