I've been running the OS2008 beta for a couple of weeks now and overall really like the new look and feel. After a few days however I noticed that the system became really sluggish - clicking on a story in the RSS desktop app would take a long time for the RSS reader to pop up, for example, and sometimes starting a new web browser would be quick, other times I kept clicking because it seemed like it didn't register my action but then three or four browser windows would pop up after 30-40 seconds.

Is anyone else having the same issues? I've done some searches but really haven't found anything. The one thing I'm trying tonight is turning off VM - I had it set to 128mb (max) as I have a 2gb card in the internal slot (4gb in the external for mp3s and pictures) but I read some posts tonight that seem to suggest having VM on actually slows the system down. I'll give that a whirl once the West coast USA maps finish downloading (seems to be taking forever, but I want to try it out and pair it to my Palm gps module).

One thing I really love so far in OS2008 is the new navigation via the dpad. Before it was pretty worthless how it just jumped to the next link, but now its very usable for scrolling when you hold the dpad down (and still can select links with quick presses - excellent!). Like opening apps, however, sometimes it works instantly and sometimes I'll be holding the pad down for 20-30 seconds before anything starts to happen.

Anyway, would appreciate any comments on the sluggish response.

Thanks

JT