Re: Vista - bag o ***?

On 2008-07-03, richgk <rich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 23:48:44 +0100, richgk wrote:

Have been messing with my new laptop (dell xps 2.5 GHz core duo, 4 GB ram,
8600M GT video, DX10) which came with Vista home premium. I installed
Neverwinter Nights 2 all happy thinking "about time I can play this" and it
is actually slower and crapper than my other laptop (XP, Centrino 1.8, 1
MB, ATI 1300, DX 9) with the same bloody settings!

In fact, since I installed a load of stuff *everything* seems to be a bit
clunkier and glue like.

I like the look of it but for crying out loud this is awful.

ok I just discovered that when you set the system to low performance when
not plugged in, it doesn't automatically switch to high performance when
you plug in the cable even though that's how I've configured it.

That's a big annoyance with Dells. It happens with my Dell laptop, too. IIRC,
it only applies if you start it up without the power cable plugged in - I can
plug and unplug the power cable once it's started up without performance
dropping, but if I bring it out of sleep or hibernation with the power cable
out, it needs a full reboot of Windows before performance returns. It's
quite annoying.

Chris
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