>I know that it's really only for Intellisense to work for me. While some people have indicated that Intellisense just gets in the way, I want to come to my own conclusion about that, so want to use it to the max at least to start.

One example where Intellisense geits in the way is executing VFP macros. Intellisense pops up in the Command window while the macro is being executed and slows it down.