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(Message started by: UN solved on Apr 15^th, 2007, 4:36pm)

Title: Brand New Laptop
Post by UN solved on Apr 15^th, 2007, 4:36pm

Yes ! I finally got another laptop ...

It's a Toshiba Satellite
Intel Duo Core @ 1.73ghz
120 gig hard drive
Dual Layer DVDRW+/-
Vista Home Premium
5-in-1 media card reader

So far ... It ROCKS !! I'm liking it !! Who needs XP anyways ... after the recent updates, it was slowed down alot for some reason !! This comp kicks that one's aZZ !!

Any comments or suggestions from you gurus ?

UNsolved

PS. Is the microphone jack the same as a 'line in' ? wanting to know if I can plug in a guitar processor / and or an acoustic electric.

Title: Re: Brand New Laptop
Post by Brewcrew on Apr 15^th, 2007, 4:50pm

on 04/15/07 at 16:36:41, UN solved wrote:

PS. Is the microphone jack the same as a 'line in' ? wanting to know if I can plug in a guitar processor / and or an acoustic electric.

Should be one in the same.

Rock on, dude! Sounds like you have many hours of fun in your future.

Title: Re: Brand New Laptop
Post by Rosybabe on Apr 15^th, 2007, 6:10pm

Congrats!! ;;D

Title: Re: Brand New Laptop
Post by Kirk on Apr 15^th, 2007, 10:23pm

Have fun. sounds like a nice system. Yes thats the right jack input.

[smiley=smokin.gif]

Title: Re: Brand New Laptop
Post by kayarr on Apr 15^th, 2007, 10:49pm

so far with vista I like the tabs. It isn't as crisp as xp. I don't like the way micrsoft has seemingly taken some control from me the user. I may go back until they fix some stuff......

Title: Re: Brand New Laptop
Post by Mastifflvr28 on Apr 15^th, 2007, 11:50pm

How funny Unsolved, I was just wondering around the net searching on "why is vista sucking up all my ram", LOL. I guess Vista has something called a "superfetch" that is sposed to utilize the ram better...but it takes several seconds to open any windows on this thing. I'm still researching.

I got a new satellite too, LOVE IT!!! Just wish I'd had a choice to have XP on it. Oh well, I have to find out how to disable superfetch.

Have fun with it!
Mast

Title: Re: Brand New Laptop
Post by kayarr on Apr 16^th, 2007, 8:36am

http://www.aceshardware.com/forums/read_post.jsp?id=5004282&forumid=4

"There is a way to disable superfetch in vista by setting the following registry key to a value of "0":

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management\PrefetchParameters\EnableSuperfetch

A value of 1 prefetches boot processes, 2 prefetches applications and 3 is for both.

They should have given the option to turn this setting off in the computer management mmc but that works. "

Jeff has been trying to fix this resource hog and this is what he has found so far.

Title: Re: Brand New Laptop
Post by UN solved on Apr 16^th, 2007, 9:57am

It's not my laptop w/ Vista on it that was slowed down .. It was the Compaq with XP that was in turtle speed.

Vista w/ this new OS is flyin

UNsolved