Microsoft Outlook 2010

I have been playing around recently with the Technical Preview of Microsoft Office and most specifically Outlook 2010. So far I have been quite happy with it.

The main thing that is different design wise is that it has the ribbon like other 2007 Office programs. They must have done some significant work to make it snappier because it definitely is. I’m guessing using the 64bit version helps as well.

Here are some of the great features that it has.

1. It is 64 bit.
2. Does not crash as much as my 2007.
3. Organizes emails into conversations. This is similar to gmail. (at first I was annoyed but now I like it)

The quickness of it vs. 2007 and that it has a 64 bit version is a huge improvement, but beyond that it doesn’t seem to me there are too many other reasons people will want to upgrade. For me these two are enough, but others may think about holding off.