[X4U] Hundreds of Files on Desktop could cause problems?

[John Baltutis]

On 02/10/06, Richard Gilmore <rgilmor at uwo.ca> wrote:
>
> That was true in 9 I don't know about X. I'd like to know too as I tend to
> keep tons and tons of junk on my desktop.
>
>
> On 10/2/06 2:31 PM, "Spoolman Nancy" <nanc at spoolman.com> wrote:
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>> Somewhere, not long ago, I read an article about how a thoroughly
>> cluttered desktop can cause problems. If you have lots of folders and
>> items on the desktop it said for every item on the desktop it's like
>> a window open. Eventually the computer slows down, to the point of
>> spinning beach ball quite often. This was in December when I read the
>> article. Well, it actually happened similar to that here in our
>> school district. What I'm trying to do is find the article. I thought
>> I had it bookmarked, but I can't find it anywhere!
>>
>> Does anyone recall hearing of this? Or was I just dreaming and the
>> dream was so good I thought I was there?  :)
>>

According to "The Ultimate Mac Tune-up" article in the Mar 06 Macworld (page
54), "Šbecause of the way OS X handles desktop icons, putting stuff there can
also slow your system down. The OS treats each desktop icon just like a
full-size Finder windowŠ"