Ever since I started my new job in October, I’ve been working with Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac. As I’ve been working with Excel more than I have in the past, I noticed that I wasn’t seeing some of the features that my PC-using co-workers had access to. So, we installed Parallels, Windows 7, and Office 2010 on my MacBook Pro.

Here’s the rub: Office 2010 running through Parallels is much faster, more responsive, and just a better overall experience than Office 2011 running on Mac OS X Lion.

And this bugs me! I can’t figure this out. I’ll have to put some numbers together and see if I can nail it down.