Or you completely misunderstood my point. I was not agreeing or disagreeing with the OP, nor with you. I was pointing out that there is another way to look at

Or you completely misunderstood my point. I was not agreeing or disagreeing with the OP, nor with you. I was pointing out that there is another way to look at the speed situation, besides the obvious one. Perhaps we could say that the way one sees the speed difference depends on what speed one expects from the software one uses. If one does not regularly use software that fits in 512k, then maybe one sees the speed of such programs as a "huge boost". But, if one is accustomed to using small executables that fit in 512k and one does not regularly use software that is, e.g., 5, 10, 20m or more, then maybe one sees having to use such larger software as a "huge slowdown".