> Don't get me wrong, I like Microchip, and I like the way that
> they provide their development software for free.  But there are
> just a few things about MPLAB that really get to me.  I can
> ignore the small bugs, lackluster interface, and the fact
> Microsoft is developing 64 bit windows and MPLAB is still 16 bit.
> Such things are immaterial.  (Hopefully v. 6.0 will be a big
> improvement.)  What I can't ignore is the poor performance of the
> simulator.  It seems to be intentionally lethargic!  Why must
> programs like SPEED.EXE be used as an accelerant?  Is MPLAB
> sandbagged?  It consumes about 1% of the CPU's resources and
> idles the rest.  I though that Microchip might not expend much
> effort on MPLAB in the hopes that 3rd party developers would pick
> up the slack, but where are they?
>
> What do you think about this?

        Simple, they probably don't want you using the simulator that much, they
want you buying their emulators (which are much more accurate in some
circumstances). TTYL

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