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Katsunami · 01-21-2018, 05:14 PM

Well... strange. Suddenly, the DELL ControlPoint brightness bar is working, and Windows doesn't show it's own bar anymore. Also, animations are not choppy anymore. I'm not complaining, but I do think it strange.

Also, newer isn't always better. This old beast boots from off to login-screen in under 10 seconds. (I'm estimating 7-8 seconds; haven't timed it yet.) The newer laptop, which has UEFI instead of BIOS, takes 15 seconds to get to actually booting Windows. Total boot time of the newer laptop is around 20 seconds. Does it matter much? No, I just find it ironic that a much newer system takes more than twice as long to boot the exact same operating system, using much faster hardware.

01-21-2018, 05:14 PM	#148
Katsunami Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,111 Karma: 34000001 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: KPW1, KA1	Well... strange. Suddenly, the DELL ControlPoint brightness bar is working, and Windows doesn't show it's own bar anymore. Also, animations are not choppy anymore. I'm not complaining, but I do think it strange. Also, newer isn't always better. This old beast boots from off to login-screen in under 10 seconds. (I'm estimating 7-8 seconds; haven't timed it yet.) The newer laptop, which has UEFI instead of BIOS, takes 15 seconds to get to actually booting Windows. Total boot time of the newer laptop is around 20 seconds. Does it matter much? No, I just find it ironic that a much newer system takes more than twice as long to boot the exact same operating system, using much faster hardware.