ORIGINAL: Anthropoid
Now that I've timed mine, your 75 seconds does sound frustratingly slow. I'm not a techie, but my hunch it isn't your hardware though. Maybe some conflicting code, or spyware or malware, or some other kinda software issue I'd guess.
Spyware? Malware? [X(] That's a worry. I do run regular scans for these sort of things with two different commercial packages, and they haven't ever found anything major. Personally, I think the extra 1/2 gig of RAM might be making a big difference. I remember the first time I got this machine (1.5GHz Intel processor with 1/2 gig of ram). I took it out of the box turned it on... windows booted fairly quickly... double clicked on internet explorer and it seemed to take an age to load.
I can live with it because once the game is loaded it works just fine and besides WitP I only use it for emailing. But does anybody out there playing with a similar speed machine and only 1/2 gig or RAM want to contribute a time? I 'spose nobody else is crazy enough to only have 1/2 gig.
