Posts by efalis

1942 here, using Catalyst 6.3, but I inadvertently left emerge desktop on while I was running them, and I know it eats cycles. - Ed

Could be /boot/grub/menu.lst too. This line is the one you want to modify: default=0 Count in order the entries for each OS as in the file above, starting from 0. Then change the value in the line above to match the one you...

I travel with my notebook all the time, and just leave it in the room. Ask if they have a safe if you're worried about it, or leave it with the front desk as suggested in previous posts. - Ed

There was definitely a noticable buzz when I ran them in the past. But I had to listen for it. After updating to 3312, I could barely hear a buzz on a couple of the demos and not at all on others. I didn't try all of them, because...

And what little buzz I had with Tokamak is even further reduced with 3312 - can barely hear it on some, on others it's disappeared.

What he said. By the way, BIOS 3312, available at the acer europe site definitely cut down what slight buzzing I had to almost nothing using the Tokamak demos. - Ed

Interesting. I used to get a slight buzz when running the tokamak demos. Now with 3312 the buzz is even slighter, and some of the demos have none.

The PB is still a nice laptop, and my prediction is that they'll be supported for quite some time - not improved, but supported. Unless the OP has gaming needs or Windows program requirements, why not? My brother got one of these new...

I don't find the fairly small amount of heat coming out of the vent to be a problem, and I use a mouse all the time. I'm very happy with the 8204, but a fair number of other people are not, so check the other 8204 threads out. That way...

I bought it (because my boss told me to). No need to use it so far. - Ed