From: Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New laptop is slow.
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 13:08:42 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <49bf44f10910091308x3c901aa5u601eed814da1ad6a@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4ACCCA58.6020104@badapple.net>
>>>> I just finished installing Gentoo on a Dell Vostro 1320 laptop. It
>>>> has a 2.2Ghz Core Duo CPU, 3GB RAM, and a 7200RPM hard drive.
>>>> Navigating within firefox is pretty slow. It's the response time of
>>>> the application, not the network. It's much slower than my previous
>>>> laptop which has much weaker specs.
>
> Now that it's working how do you like the screen, size, etc? That's one of
> the laptops I've been considering.
>
> kashani
Overall, it's great so far. I need to get the speakers to mute when I
plug in headphones, but I think I know how to fix that and I'm going
to start a thread about it.
Check out the price here:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834200026
The fan is audible when it kicks on, but it usually only comes on
during an emerge. However, those things tend to get louder with age.
- Grant
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-10-09 20:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-10-07 3:02 [gentoo-user] New laptop is slow Grant
2009-10-07 13:25 ` [gentoo-user] " James
2009-10-07 15:37 ` [gentoo-user] " Paul Hartman
2009-10-07 16:34 ` Grant
2009-10-07 17:05 ` kashani
2009-10-07 17:33 ` [gentoo-user] " James
2009-10-08 1:01 ` daid kahl
2009-10-09 20:11 ` Grant
2009-10-08 16:11 ` Paul Hartman
2009-10-09 20:08 ` Grant [this message]
2009-10-08 23:28 ` [gentoo-user] " Beau Henderson
2009-10-09 20:09 ` Grant
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