>> 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.
> 
> I remember that, too. I attributed it to the Wallpaper being somewhat 
> dispensable, and being swapped to disk as soon as memory was being 
> needed by the application.

It just amused me that a 33 MHz machine would struggle so much to draw 
16 colour graphics when my puny little 7 MHz Amiga could draw 32 colour 
graphics instantly, and at higher resolutions...

...and then, like I said, the Amiga's hardware stood still for 10 years. 
Kinda lost the edge after that.

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