Posts by DDDa

Isn't it great when you see someone registering himself on a forum just to spread the good news? Four years ago, btw... Now that's something I don't see everyday. Welcome!

A neighbor! Greetings from Brazil! Of course it all depends on what you do and your ability ($$$) to spend. Considering that: - you already have another, main computer (your desktop), - the CPU bump alone represents around 15% of the...

Update. These months have been interesting. I managed to put down to 9-13 watts of use when doing basically nothing and trivial work. Heat still built up, fan ran most of the time. I guess Windows is using less power, especially when...

I've heard about WUBI. Seems a good idea until I have the time to sit, relax and then read everything that was posted (quite busy lately, you can guess by the reply). Thank you both.

Hello! Long time no see! I recently bought a Lenovo X201. I tried installing Ubuntu on it, but one thing shocked me: horrible power management performance. Powertop, module tweak, I did a lot... and still the same thing: heat and...

who would guess one would register to say that!

Thanks for this. I recently bought an X201 and this was useful to me already!

Many truths here. As ghn said, it all depends on the model. Maybe Toshiba has a nose of an advantage at that price range, or at least that has been my experience with models that I owned/tested. A long, long time ago I had a Satellite...

Thanks, good choice. Decent specs for 799, a bit on the heavy side but good size (13"). Resolution (WXGA+) is not a problem. Regular wxga (1280x800) is fine with me. What about Asus? Nothing from them? I've found only an outdated...

It's very nice, I didn't know it. The price is very impressive, but I guess it won't be suitable for work. I mean, not a big deal, but an alien head doesn't seem suitable for presentations in front of 60 yrs old judges and such. Quite...