sorry, let me try this again. it's not that 15 is a huge amount of modules to have loading, it's just that when you DO have 15 modules loading, it's not a minimalist theme. the theme I'm currently using (a modified visual-17) has 12 starting, and I could easily see taking that down to around 10. however, a minimal theme also has light graphics usage, which is another thing to consider. too many graphics (like the sputnik rmx theme, which looks cool, but is a graphics hog) just bogs down performance.