Do you really need these features in Emacs?

Get back valuable screen space, disable blinking cursors, and popup tips by adding the following to your .emacs file.

(when (fboundp 'scroll-bar-mode)

  (scroll-bar-mode -1))

(when (fboundp 'tool-bar-mode)

  (tool-bar-mode nil))

(when (fboundp 'blink-cursor-mode)
  (blink-cursor-mode nil))
(when (fboundp 'tool-tip-mode)
  (tooltip-mode -1))