I've noticed, as of late, that my PB 1400 spends quite some time on the Happy Mac and Welcome to Mac OS screens (before the extensions parade). Is this more related to extensions or just a slow system (namely the HD - still haven't figured out what the IBM's drive's RPM is, bt it's probably low) in general?

OS 8.6

64MB RAM

166 PowerPC 603EV

1.2 GB free HD space

RAM Doubler Installed

Password Protection ON.