[hojoh]

NT was started with IBM as os/2
back them (8 years+ ago) the presentation
manager (windows) was a bit spongy and didnt
react straight away

seems Microsoft has kept this feature

try it - if your machine is connected to a network
try right clicking a browser page - the menu takes a while to appear
while in win95/98 it appeared immediately

in my configuration (pIII 750 256mb ram) it can take up to
3 seconds for the menu to appear
even when the fade effect is switched off (control panel display settings)

also when choosing from the file dialog
(file open in any application) and clicking the drop down menu
this can take ages

this is no way acceptable

do better MS

[clutch]

The only time I have the delay is when I have McAfee installed on that machine. If I don't have McAfee ViruScan installed, I can right click on any browser page (web or otherwise) and get the menu immediately.

[rgodart]

I got no delay here ya know (P3 800EB 256 MB RAM)