>>>Why does it take 90-200 seconds for the help file to come up when I hit F1? Or why is it that when I double click on a .H file in Windows explorer it takes 5 mins for VS2005 to display it?
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>>What are you hardware specs? This problem is not normal. You are either using an underpowered machine or there is something wrong with your installation.
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>Come on Mike, that's not the point. The point is VFP rules, .net sucks.

Just to clarify...I do not think .NET sucks, I think the delays in the IDE are a PITA. What good is a "modern" development environment if it causes you to lose productivity.

Unfortunatly, this is becoming the trend...Comparing these products to their earlier conterparts has in many cases slowed down my productivity because of unnecesary delays in the user interface:

VS2005 vs. VS2003
SQL Management Studio 2005 vs. SQL Enterprise Manager 2000
Windows Vista vs. Windows XP