Dell makes alot of money from the bloatware they install in systems, its the ultamate advertising tool ( excuse my spelling, i just did alot of cleaning with some bleach and cant think straight)
Well im a ubuntu whore too, my one and only distro, i started on ubuntu and will die on ubuntu. As for being a whore.. im a Ubuntu Dapper whore love for the drake !
In your benchmark eightballrj you are comparing a low end core duo compatable graphics card with a higher end desktop graphics card... Thats not a valid comparison. Plus you dont have it overclocked.
Dell sucks for this sort of thing.. They want you to buy a new notebook instead of new parts : ( of course, but for the people who buy dells, ( non business) this is crippling us.
Aluminum foil? lol thats NOT a good idea... a piece of copper well cut and well bent will do the trick.. Aluminum foil under a gush of air could bend and touch 2 contacts. Then you will have one smokey laptop, and thats if it doesnt...
