title: What's the fastest WinForms controls suite (commercial)
body: <p>My employer wants to sell "sexy" applications which means they don't really want the standard controls of Windows to be used. I do, because of the better performance, but they pay so they decide. Currently I'm using the latest version of Telerik WinForms. They all may look great but the performance is very very disappointing ...</p>
  
  <p>F.e.: I created just a simple empty WinForm project with just one Form without anything else (no controls added and no code). Without Telerik it takes &lt; 1 second to load; <em>with</em> Telerik it takes 3-4 seconds, and I have a modern/fast PC ...</p>
  
  <p>To be clear: it's not only the initial loading that's slow. The overall performance is also slower than I desire.</p>
  
  <p>I know that using fancy controls means you have to sacrifice speed. But so much?</p>
  
  <p>So, my question is: are there any (commercial) control packages that perform better? This is what it must provide at least:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Office 2007 look (colors and form).</li>
  <li>Ribbon.</li>
  <li>Docking control.</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>NB: Price must be around the same price as Telerik (&lt; $900).</p>
  
  <p>Update: sorry to see my question closed as being not constructive/suitable. Don't agree with it as I see the perfomance issue as a problem that could be solved by a better controls suite.</p>