I can't say that I have noticed a speed difference but I have managed to pitch it a curved ball

I have some zipped Excel .csv (comma separated variable) files............ it just hangs up on them whilst Excel (XP and 2003) opens them in a spreadsheet. I have tried that on Win 2000 and XP boxes, but I need to check if it is the .zip file utility that is the cause.

It will open an Access 2003 database which v2.4 didn't seem to want to.

At this stage all I will say that the GUI seems a lot cleaner. At least it says what things are, rather than using their brand name