I don't have active desktop on. I hate active desktop. And IE is lightening fast for me. The shell is 80% IE so it's already loaded into memory so I wouldn't see why having Active Desktop is required. Active Desktop just loads the other 20% while Netscape needs to fully load each time. On my system clicking my IE button causes an IE window to automaticlly be loaded and then depending on the time of day I get to watch home.netscape.com lag and take it's sweet time loading.
