Quote Originally Posted by Elroy View Post
I just timed it, and it takes exactly 2 seconds for it to open on my machine.
I just timed VS 2017 and it took 3-4 seconds to open on my machine. The Start page takes some time to load and that happens in the default configuration but you can change that in the Options dialogue. Maybe my question about what would be an illegitimate reason has been answered: a perceived issue with the .NET VS IDE that isn't actually an issue.