Well... first of all I don't open applications... I open files. Stuff that's actively being worked on gets a desktop shortcut like my current C projects... If I want to write some code I simply click on the shortcut to the file and it opens Pelles C and loads the file for me....
Lets see...
Ok... lets do a little work on RMedia ... Click on desktop shortcut, abt 3 seconds, there we go, all set to write code. Done? Close the app. Seriously that file opens in just under 3 seconds, and it's a fairly big project....
Now... the hard way... I currently have Windows Explorer, Internet explorer, Pelles C and my media player open... I want to go to Pelles C and do a little coding... WIN+TAB, open the application rolodex... ~1 second... tab tab tab tab Ah there it is...about 4 seconds... Pelles C is on screen... File-> Open, path to project directory, pick project file click OK... about 8 seconds... ready to code in a mere 13 seconds...
Doing things that way slowed me down by a ratio of roughly 4 to 1....
Now lets really load it up and do this your way... enable the swap file, managed by windows... reboot...
Open Windows Explorer, Internet explorer, Media Player Classic, Email, FTP Client, MS Word... about 1 minute in... starting to get slow guys! Drive is thrashing like crazy-- The Gimp, Irfan View, Magic ISO, Burn Aware... really thrashing now... almost 2 minutes to open all that stuff.
Ok now lets get back to that coding project...
WIN+Tab... (about 3 seconds)... Tab Tab Tab Tab Tab Tab Tab Tab ... oops missed it... Tab Tab Tab Tab Tab Tab Tab TAb Tab Tab... Pelles C on screen... drive thrashing, File->open ... more thrashing... path to the project directory... more thrashing... select project file... more thrashing... file open... ready to write code .... total time more than 40 seconds.
But then what do I know...
If you don't mind, I think I'll go back to the way I was doing things... Somehow it just seems, I dunno... better?