Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!burdvax!dave From: dave@PRC.Unisys.COM (David Lee Matuszek) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Lost my applications! Message-ID: <13834@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM> Date: 9 May 90 15:12:20 GMT References: <2210@zipeecs.umich.edu> <2843@husc6.harvard.edu> Sender: news@PRC.Unisys.COM Organization: Unisys Corporation, Paoli Research Center; Paoli, PA Lines: 27 In article <2843@husc6.harvard.edu> wichers@husc4.UUCP (John Wichers) writes: >Ok, but what I still would like to know is: what does the Desktop Manager >*do*? Other than create two more desktop files, that is. Does is speed >up the desktop? My understanding is that Desktop Mgr is an init from Apple that is supposed to speed up the desktop. My limited experience with it is that the first time I open a folder containing many files, it is slower, but after that it is quicker. (I don't have a clear idea of what constitutes the "first time"--the first time after exiting an application, after rebooting, or just what.) When opening a locked floppy it is *really really* slow, and since the floppy is locked it doesn't get any quicker. Personally, I think the overall result is to make opening files and disks somewhat slower on average and much more variable in speed. I don't like it. Others have already suggested rebuilding your desktop when you install Desktop Mgr. Just to be safe, I'd also rebuild the desktop when you remove it. -- Dave Matuszek (dave@prc.unisys.com) -- Unisys Corp. / Paoli Research Center / PO Box 517 / Paoli PA 19301 -- Any resemblance between my opinions and those of my employer is improbable. < You can put a mouse on an IBM. And you can put a radio on a motorcycle. >