2003, stick to what you know i suppose.

"After you work on Wall Street it’s a choice, would you rather work at McDonalds or on the sell-side? I would choose McDonalds over the sell-side.” - David Tepper
 

most places i know of are using 2007. I have 2010 in my laptop and it's pretty much the same thing as 2007. I loved the 2003 version, so I installed the boost feature (from Wall Street Prep) which basically embeds the 2003 menu into 2007. It's awesome - and free.

Capitalist
 

BB IBD. 2007. I wonder when we're going to switch to 2010... Maybe when Office 15 hits the shelves?

Calling Ron Paul an isolationist is like calling your neighbor a hermit because he doesn't come over to your property and break your windows.
 

Work at a large European BB bank that uses 2007. Last time I used 2003 was at my boutique internship last summer, and it was agonising. Functionality is so poor, felt like bashing my head against a wall every time I used it.

You know you've been working too hard when you stop dreaming about bottles of champagne and hordes of naked women, and start dreaming about conditional formatting and circular references.
 

Used 2003, then 2007, then 2010, now back to 2003.

2010 is the same as 2007 in most ways but fixes bugs. By bugs, I mean weird shit like easy division calcs that just give you the wrong number for no reason. After getting used to 2010, it is really great and I could build some nice things.

One of the most notable differences for me was saying goodbye to if(iserror()=true BS in 2007+.

 
sk8247365:
Used 2003, then 2007, then 2010, now back to 2003.

2010 is the same as 2007 in most ways but fixes bugs. By bugs, I mean weird shit like easy division calcs that just give you the wrong number for no reason. After getting used to 2010, it is really great and I could build some nice things.

One of the most notable differences for me was saying goodbye to if(iserror()=true BS in 2007+.

Why did you pull a Benjamin Button? 2007 isn't that bad.

Calling Ron Paul an isolationist is like calling your neighbor a hermit because he doesn't come over to your property and break your windows.
 
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sk8247365:
Used 2003, then 2007, then 2010, now back to 2003.

2010 is the same as 2007 in most ways but fixes bugs. By bugs, I mean weird shit like easy division calcs that just give you the wrong number for no reason. After getting used to 2010, it is really great and I could build some nice things.

One of the most notable differences for me was saying goodbye to if(iserror()=true BS in 2007+.

Why did you pull a Benjamin Button? 2007 isn't that bad.

2007 sucks compared to 2003... if you can combine the user friendliness and compatibility with the speed of 2010, then that's the winner. 2007 wasn't designed for professional users to do modeling with... it's designed for people who are unfamiliar with Excel's layout as it has been since inception and was an attempt to group things by categories, but the shortcuts suck and it's layout is not ideal for what finance professionals do.

 

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