Even if you put away all the nifty things Natty Narwhal (Ubuntu 11.04) has to offer you can still feel it's not as complete as it should be.
Installed mine on the SSD on top of Windows 7 at the same partition (the installation process is great btw) But as it turns out, using a dual-boot will increase your power consumption for some reason.
Before the installation, i could last exactly 5:45 hours while (see specs below) working only on my SSD (Wifi,documents, music with 100% brightness, which is a bit harsher then Apples' benchmark for their laptops for all you iLovers)
After installation Ubuntu lasted only 2:30 hours with the same settings while Windows lasted 4:45.
Uninstalling Ubuntu brought the power consumption back to normal.
Btw, if you ARE considering using dual-boot with Ubuntu, keep in mind that in order to uninstall you'll have to restore your MBR using the Windows Repair Disc (just type create in the start menu), and snatch it back from the "evil" GRUB.
Boot from the repair disc, and while in the main menu, choose Command Prompt and type:
bootrec /FixMBR
bootrec /FixBoot
bootrec /RebuildBCD
reboot and GRUB will be removed from boot, and Windows will be back to normal.
Specs:
Dell Vostro 3700
CPU: Core i7 720-QM, 1.6Ghz, 2.8Ghz w/TB
Mem: 6Gb DDR-3 1333Mhz
GPU: Geforce 330GT 1GB Dedicated Memory
8-Cell battery
H.D.D-Storage: WD 500Gb 7200rpm
H.D.D-Boot: OCZ Vertex-2 60Gb
Cheers q[^_^]p
- Unity has some GUI issues that needs to be solved
- Battery consumption is bad, and power saving options are too simple
- P&P is not always P&P but Plug-wait-install-configure-Play
Installed mine on the SSD on top of Windows 7 at the same partition (the installation process is great btw) But as it turns out, using a dual-boot will increase your power consumption for some reason.
Before the installation, i could last exactly 5:45 hours while (see specs below) working only on my SSD (Wifi,documents, music with 100% brightness, which is a bit harsher then Apples' benchmark for their laptops for all you iLovers)
After installation Ubuntu lasted only 2:30 hours with the same settings while Windows lasted 4:45.
Uninstalling Ubuntu brought the power consumption back to normal.
Btw, if you ARE considering using dual-boot with Ubuntu, keep in mind that in order to uninstall you'll have to restore your MBR using the Windows Repair Disc (just type create in the start menu), and snatch it back from the "evil" GRUB.
Boot from the repair disc, and while in the main menu, choose Command Prompt and type:
bootrec /FixMBR
bootrec /FixBoot
bootrec /RebuildBCD
reboot and GRUB will be removed from boot, and Windows will be back to normal.
Dell Vostro 3700
CPU: Core i7 720-QM, 1.6Ghz, 2.8Ghz w/TB
Mem: 6Gb DDR-3 1333Mhz
GPU: Geforce 330GT 1GB Dedicated Memory
8-Cell battery
H.D.D-Storage: WD 500Gb 7200rpm
H.D.D-Boot: OCZ Vertex-2 60Gb
Cheers q[^_^]p
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