jaunty slow on laptop

[Chris Jones]

>> Have you disabled any/all desktop effects?
> 
> I haven't heard of anyone else having to do that. It shouldn't be
> necessary. 

Its certainly a possible cause, despite what you might think.

What video card and driver are you using ? If you have effects enabled, 
and your card+driver do not support them (or tries to but does so 
badly), your system could be quite slow as a consequence.

cheers Chris