I wasn't really clear, but the laptop isn't one of the netbooks, has a proper (if much slower than usual) dual-core CPU, not an atom. So Vista really shouldn't have been that slow...jebbo said:
Yes, my laptop, on paper, beats the piss out of my wife's crappy old Dell in every respect. However, the Dell still runs everything, especially games, WAY better than my laptop does despite my system having an extra processor and a way "better" GPU. I reckon it's because laptop hardware has to be a lot smaller and energy efficient than it's desktop counterparts (the motherboard on the Dell is bigger than my lappy!) so therefore runs slower, despite the specs. Backup on this theory from Jebbo would be good though because at this point I'm just making it all up.chimpzy said:
Yes, but what you have to remember is that for most Linux afficionados, the challenge of getting something to work is usually a great deal more enjoyable, motivating, and rewarding than actually doing whatever it was you were trying to get to work. And that goes double for games.jebbo said:
