Anyway, it was not that long ago, and Im unsure why I tried it, but I did just that and instead of being presented with a deathly slow GUI, I found it was fairly nippy.
The previous time before this, I found it was ridiculous that anyone actually took it serious on a stock machine because even on my TT it was so poor, that Magic on my stock ST was many times faster.
This time however, it was useable.
Now that I am upgrading at last to something serious, I will be moving to MiNT. Maybe not full time just yet... As far as MiNT goes, Im very much a virgin, and Im kind of getting back into my Ataris again but Im not gettign anywhere near as much time as I would like to, so I dont want to jump into the deep end too quickly.