Haven’t had to use any office app in quite some time, and while google docs provides ample service sometimes I’m not online. So, enter OpenOffice. Downloaded the portable version from portableapps and it’s taken an hour to install and launch on this clunker of a computer. Will run more tests on other machines to see if it’s the machine that’s causing the lag, but I’m pretty sure of it. Still, open source software FTW!

OO is quicker than any MS product I’ve used, and this is on an old clunker of a PC, mind you. Writer hurray!

OO Writer portable vs AbiWord: I have the USB ports to spare of course, but the 1+ minutes (not actually timed) it takes for Writer to load is on this side of annoying, where AbiWord loads blink-fast. Problem though, is AbiWord is limited and on Writer I am able to use 300-point type, which is sometimes important in the signs that I make.

Winner: Writer still. If only it would load faster. /sigh