On Jan 7, 2004, at 10:52 AM, <illovox at comcast.net> wrote: > They slow down then because they are likely fragmented. Defrag and > things > get quite fast again. Now this is a can of worms I know, but it's my > belief > based on experience I invite you to demonstrate your belief with actual benchmark figures that can be reproduced. You will find that the effect you believe in does not take place in MacOS 10.3 Peter