>Let's not forget that even with a 1.75 ghz machine, the app isn't getting all of that clock speed, only a fraction of it. ... Add to that whatever drivers and so on that are also running, well, I think you get the idea.

Yeah, true, but I'm gonna hope that in a couple years out hardware advances a little bit, and our languages get more powerful because of it. Look how fast IntelliSense in VFP7 is?

How long do you think it will be before the stock computers that you buy from Best Buy are gonna have multiple 2gHz processors and a half gb RAM?