Long time to login, no splash screen, I can see the panel appear in plain gtk (grey, not themed) and then I see the theme being applied. Overall, gnome feels slow, dialogs takes time to appear, apps freeze for a few seconds from time to time. I also noticed heavy hard-drive activity at login.
Same problem, hp dv2412ca with AMD-64.
Long time to login, no splash screen, I can see the panel appear in plain gtk (grey, not themed) and then I see the theme being applied. Overall, gnome feels slow, dialogs takes time to appear, apps freeze for a few seconds from time to time. I also noticed heavy hard-drive activity at login.
In breef, the experience is really poor.