> I have an old system and the major difference for me is that it takes so much longer > to boot up. About 3 and a half minutes. Older versions took about 30 secs. On the > plus side, the program runs much smoother and faster. I'm guessing that the program > loads more into memory than previous versions but that's just my hunch. Anyway, I'm > glad that it at least runs on my dinosaur.
By the sound of that, I'm surprised any games of current MAME even run on your system.
Consider it high comedy....sincere tragedy....whatever...don't take it personally.