Phil Cook wrote:
> And lo on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:50:07 +0100, scott <sco### [at] scottcom> did
> spake, saying:
> 
>>> The real point is more that on a PC, just switching from one window to
>>> another always seemed to take forever, whereas on an Amiga it was
>>> instantaneous unless the machine was under heavy load.
>>
>> Yeh, I remember my friend had a 33 MHz PC, and just closing a window it
>> took several seconds for his desktop wallpaper to repaint itself, slowly
>> scanning down the screen line-by-line.
> 
> Another obvious case of False Memory Syndrome.

I definitely remember Windows 98 slowly redrawing the desktop as if it was
raytracing the damned wallpaper, while the hard disk made horrible
insane-seeking noises.

But I'm sure that was due to using more RAM than I should on a low-on-RAM
machine.

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