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  • From: Sil Greene <quack AT ibiblio.org>
  • To: Internetworkers <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [internetworkers] Laptop Recommendations
  • Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 15:35:34 -0500 (EST)



from Bill Geschwind:

Also, the screen is noticeably dimmer when running on battery
power than when running when plugged in.


Bill, have you tried manually increasing your brightness? My laptop (and many others) will automatically set the brightness lower when shifting from wall-power to battery, but I can use the brightness hotkeys to adjust it upwards if I want. It does eat into the battery life pretty quickly though.

I'd be surprised if yours actually has a lower upper-brightness-limit when on battery than when on wall-power, but if that's the case, let us know.




buying RAM I am very partial to www.crucial.com).
Even though XP can run on less than 256 MB of RAM, I wouldn't try it with less than that, and ideally not with less than 384 MB of RAM, and since that laptop likely uses shared RAM for video it will have less than 256 MB available for the operating system if it comes with 256 MB installed.


I looked at the specs of the Presario and they did claim that the 32mb of video ram was "dedicated", which should mean it's in addition to the 256mb of system ram. "Should", unless HP marketing has redefined the term "dedicated". :-/

I believe Colleen mentioned they had a video card upgrade available,
with 64mb ram, for $25. HP's website indicates this is a separate
video card (the 32mb is a GeForce 420, the 64mb is a 440), but who
knows. The 25 clams could be Office Despot's service charge for changing the BIOS' shared video ram setting from "32" to "64".


--S




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