"Another statistic Microsoft is touting is the speed at which Office 2010 users will be able to install the new suite, as compared to previous versions of Office. Using the new ?Click-to-Run? streaming technology, customers who decide to install any of the full SKUs will have to wait only one or two minutes to start using Office 2010 (as the rest of the bits stream onto the user?s PC behind the scenes). That?s a lot quicker than the 15 minutes to hour-plus that Office customers had to wait when installing previous Office releases, including Office 2007."
That figure is believable. The install experience of "click-to-run" is very fast, and I'm pretty sure it's because it installs a bare-bones version and continues downloading features as the user uses them.
The install from a DVD also seems very streamlined - it's not much more than selecting a couple of options and waiting for a progress bar. The whole "wizard" idea with the eternally clicking "next" on many screens is pretty much gone.
I'd say Office's installers should be setting the new standard for any application that needs an install. It's about time we got away from crazy 10-page wizards.
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