Thread: The new Microsoft Office 2010

The uniformity of the interface the new Office 2010 seems much more complete than in the past. Although many small improvements make daily work easier, the upgrade is almost mandatory only for users of older releases. For home users, that can give up some comfort and not have the constraint of compatibility, it might suffice to the free alternative OpenOffice.

According to what we have seen to date, Office 2010 should be a major step forward in the past. Our test version of the Home and Business 2010 will reveal whether Microsoft was able to keep its promises and whether it really worth upgrading. In addition, the beta has to prove his superiority over the freeware OpenOffice and web applications like Google Docs.

The system requirements of the new Office suite are almost identical to those of previous versions: a sufficient 500 MHz processor, 256 MB of RAM and an operating system from Windows XP SP3. Only those who want to use the new 64-bit version or the spelling and grammar must have at least 1 GB of Ram. In everyday use, the beta testing has proved very stable and free of problems, while avoiding risky mix between the new and earlier release of the suite. Just be careful to an important detail Outlook 2010 automatically overwrite older versions.

Following a successful tradition, opened with Windows 7, Microsoft offers anyone the opportunity to test the functions of the new version of Office, in exchange for an enormous amount of daily information about the suite, its stability and any critical bugs not detected in earlier stages of beta to a limited number. To download the program log on to the site and log in with a Live ID.