>> I was always astounded that "66 MHz" PCs would crawl along unbearably 
>> slowly
> 
>   False memories. Windows 3 was already used in 6 MHz 286 computers.
> If Windows 3 was "unbearably slow" in a 66 MHz 486, I can only imagine
> how slow it must have been in a 286.
> 
>   Obviously given that it was used in practice, it was not that slow.

Ah, OK. Spending 20 minutes waiting for Access to load each time I 
wanted to work on my assignment at college must be a false memory then...

>   Why would you even want to use gnome in a slow computer? Use a lighter
> window manager.

Because Gnome does the same thing that AmigaOS does, and lighter WMs don't.

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