[alohanela]

My phone also runs great on CHT. As kirstein said, it all depends on your settings and how you run your apps.

In my experience, animations and bloat slow down your phone, regardless of which version of the ROM you install. I always reduce the number of home tabs to 5 or 6 max. Even with the CHT, I only use 6 - 8 quick links max, and only in one page. Almost all apps run out of my class 6 memory card (I'm not sure how much of a difference that makes, but seems to keep device memory at a decent level). There are many other individual idiosyncracies which affect performance (for better or worse).

Bottom line: I love cookies, but am willing to install them myself if Vin chooses to discontinue to cook the tasty morsels into his ROMs.

Standing-by, ready to flash!