Such sluggishness is simply intolerable today. I'm sure Apple will fix this quickly. In fact, the company released its first update last week and initial reports are that it speeds up both OS X and its classic shell considerably. Once launched, OS X does indeed look stunning. The icon of the hard drive is now a sharply rendered metallic representation of the real thing.
Every color is brilliant, and the system is fun to watch.
There are flashing blue buttons and bouncing icons representing applications launching. The fun, however, soon wears thin. Before long, the beautiful graphics become pass . What you really care about is how quickly and easily you can get things done. And the roast beef in this case is the ability of OS X to handle most current applications, juggle several of them at once, still run smoothly, and not crash.