Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New laptop is slow.
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:08:44
Message-Id: 49bf44f10910091308x3c901aa5u601eed814da1ad6a@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] New laptop is slow. by kashani
1 >>>> I just finished installing Gentoo on a Dell Vostro 1320 laptop.  It
2 >>>> has a 2.2Ghz Core Duo CPU, 3GB RAM, and a 7200RPM hard drive.
3 >>>> Navigating within firefox is pretty slow.  It's the response time of
4 >>>> the application, not the network.  It's much slower than my previous
5 >>>> laptop which has much weaker specs.
6 >
7 > Now that it's working how do you like the screen, size, etc? That's one of
8 > the laptops I've been considering.
9 >
10 > kashani
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12 Overall, it's great so far. I need to get the speakers to mute when I
13 plug in headphones, but I think I know how to fix that and I'm going
14 to start a thread about it.
15
16 Check out the price here:
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18 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834200026
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20 The fan is audible when it kicks on, but it usually only comes on
21 during an emerge. However, those things tend to get louder with age.
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23 - Grant