Is this slowness normal?

[Matt Ng]

> If I run the (in)famous SOL.EXE, it takes 53 seconds before the program
> appears on the desktop. All the other programs I've tried seem to take
> at least this long (and sometimes several minutes) before they appear.

I'd say there's something wrong with your configuration. Maybe your
system has a misconfigured video card? I have a P233 (running Afterstep),
and it takes about 4-5 seconds for solitaire to load.