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Of course you can always get a gamma adjustment applet and also check your
battery saving settings...

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sil Greene" <quack AT ibiblio.org>
To: "Internetworkers" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 12:35 PM
Subject: RE: [internetworkers] Laptop Recommendations


>
>
> 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