>1) As a Project grows in size, the Project file takes longer and longer to
>load. It seems like each file is checked against VSS to determine it's current
>status. If we have a Project of over 100 files, it can take over a minute to
>MODI PROJ. Is this consistent with other developers?

There's a really annoying interaction between Norton AntiVirus and VSS that causes the PM to open much more slowly. Disabling NAV speeds things up considerably....