Laptop recommendation to run Excel

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Any recommendations for a laptop that can run well with spreadsheets?

I have several files in Excel 2007 that take about 10 seconds to open in my HP nc6320 (compaq): Intel Core 2 CPU T5600 @1.83 GHz.

< $2,000

> $2,000

Thank you for your assistance.
-E

How much RAM do you have? I run Excel 2003, with some very large XLS with lots of macros and run some 50,000 record Access mdbs with no problems or noticeable delay.

I did not have any slowness with 1GB RAM, but I found going to 2GB RAM really speeded it up for me, because I only have a 2.0GHZ (single core) IBM
T-30 with 7200rpm IDE HDD.

I have 1 GB of Ram - it's a new laptop. It must be an HP performance issue. I'll need to read up on this, but I'd like to get better performance than what I have now.

-EG

Thank you for the recommendations.

In Excel 2007, I do press SHIFT + ALT + DOWN ARROW and nothing happens...

I'm bumping up to a new HP laptop with 2GB of RAM. Hopefully, this will improve performance.

Thank you.

For the average user, the issue with modern computers is not how fast they do the things they do quickly, but how slow they are to do the things they do slowly!

This usually boils down to hard-disk performance, a slow hard disc can realy affect the responsiveness of an otherwise blisteringly fast machine.
The advantage of a large RAM is that the PC does not have to keep going back the the disk, once it has loaded something it can keep it in RAM in case it needs it again. If you run out of RAM the least used block of data will be written back to the disk to free up the required space.

Most disks are amazingly fast (compared to when I was a lad), but problems occur as they start to fill up.
Check for defragmentation, is your MFT (Master File Table) big enough? is your paging file big enough?

Another thing to consider is that laptops often put the hard disks into sleep mode if they are not being used (to save the battery), check on your power saving settings.

Mark.

Originally Posted by johnnywinter

How much RAM do you have? I run Excel 2003, with some very large XLS with lots of macros and run some 50,000 record Access mdbs with no problems or noticeable delay.

I did not have any slowness with 1GB RAM, but I found going to 2GB RAM really speeded it up for me, because I only have a 2.0GHZ (single core) IBM
T-30 with 7200rpm IDE HDD.

Thanks Mark

I think what you stated is key, as evidenced by Johnny Winter's 7200rpm IDE HDD
Probably the Drive RPM contributes a great deal to the s/s performance. Mine is 5200rpm's.

Thanks again.