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Windows 12 release date in 2026 possible, with AI features that may force CPU upgrades
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To be honest offline Office 2016 is a solid product and the desktop software is still more snappy and capable than the online counterparts. If you don't need collaboration and online integration there's little reason to go subscription based. I can understand that small companies make that decision. After all it is just a tool and not a goal in itself.
2016 is like the last good version of office imo
IIRC, it had already started taking too much RAM.
I had to upgrade from 8GB to 16GB just to be able to open more than 4 documents at once,