On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 16:29:47 -0600 akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx insightfully noted: AE>On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 08:08:06AM -0600, Jeff Vian wrote: AE>> > AE>> AE>> Clock speeds and memory differences are not the only thing. AE>> I have a laptop with P-III 600 celeron and 192mb ram that loads OOo AE>in <> 20 seconds cold. AE>> AE>> Some people have had various problems with packages and the reported AE>fix> has often been erase the package and reinstall it. AE>Mine also loads in 20 seconds. Now the question is that slow or fast. AE>Certainly slow compared to Word in Windows. And I have 256MB ram and AE>1.4 Ghz processor. AE>So fast and slow are relative. The original poster noted 5 minutes AE>which certainly is slow. ============================================= Running FC3 on an AMD Athlon Thunderbird 750mhz; 256mb RAM. OOo 1.1.2 just opened for me (cold) in 11 seconds. I'm running stock Gnome at the moment, which I rarely use. I believe it opens more quickly use xfce4 and even quicker yet using ion or wmi. Mike -- "The man who views the world the same at 50 as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life" --Muhammad Ali
