User blog comment:Midhav/Threat of Desktop Launcher Removal/@comment-2155069-20110425162734/@comment-5210060-20110425215054

That hour load is just for the first time. After that loads it won’t do that no more. And Edgar I hate to say it but the launcher takes more processing power than when you play in browser. So If your computer don't play good with the browser then neither should the launcher.