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Mick MartinMember for 19 years 5 months
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Hi,
Can anyone tell me the capacity of MS Project 2003 ? I’ve got over 13000 activities in 5 plans which are interdepenant and MS Project is now doing wierd things. Is it the software?

Thanks,
Mick
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    Alexandre Faulx-Briole ·
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    Mick,
    Microsoft Corp. says it’s possible to create projects with many 10000 tasks.
    Maybe, but it takes so much live memory for your PC to run correctly!
    How much RAM do you have on your PC?
    Alexandre
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    Mick Martin ·
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    Alexandre,
    Currently we are using a corporate laptop, I’m not sure of the RAM size, I guess 0.5 ghz would be about right. Do you know if Project 2007 allows more activities?

    Regards,
    Mick
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    Alexandre Faulx-Briole ·
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    Mick,
    Do you mean 512 Mb? ghz is the processor speed.
    On the windows screen, rightclick "My computer" and select "Properties", you will read the RAM size of your computer.
    Which flavor of Windows are you using? Xp or Vista?
    I would not switch to MSP2007 right now, as it needs more RAM than 2003 and will not accept bigger project sechedules.
    Best choice is to have more RAM on your PC, a standard laptop can have up to 2Gb, and more.
    Alexandre
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    Mick Martin ·
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    Alexandre,
    you are correct, got my numbers the wrong way. Yes, I think its 512Mb using XP. Do you recommend that I should use a desktop, rather than a laptop?
    Mick
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    Alexandre Faulx-Briole ·
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    Mick,
    a laptop is just as good; get 2Gb memory if you want to work on a LAAAAAARGE project file.
    Alexandre
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    Mick Martin ·
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    Alexandre,
    Thank you very much for your advice it was most useful, most appreciated.

    Regards,
    Mick
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