Slow in what way? When you compile Qt4 apps? I think it can't get better than that.
My last Qt project( at work ), was taking about 15-20 minutes to compile, on a similar computer( 3ghz, 2gb mem). But it was pretty big.
Ultimately your application's requirements dictate the resources to use.
Qt4 is in many ways faster than 3.
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