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WTF Sony! Your software is hidden when it's useful!?

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fohfoh:
Dell has Dell quickset, but quickset is a POS software. You can't tinker any advanced settings to turn off hardware. (This you must do manually in task manager, but is a hassle) However, disabling things like Blue tooth or LAN/Ethernet ports or DVD/CD drives etc. when you don't need them actually significantly improves batter life. (Mainly Blue tooth since it's on like a 90% of the time your computer is on regardless of whether you're using it).

@Nikaido: To a certain extent your argument makes sense, yet at the practical pov it doesn't make sense. For instance, if you can do that, but your speed suffers, then what makes the average (idiot) consumer think of the laptop vs a netbook? (We're talking idiots who can't figure out how to do much on a computer.) But give them a little less battery life, but processing power that easily squashes netbooks, they're as happy as a roll of toilet paper and think the investment is worth it. :P (Since technically the reason people buy laptops over netbooks is for the processing power and not long battery life) I think it's more legal in nature that they would weigh lower battery life (against the advertised maximum) against the "uselessness" of a laptop (Retards who go, "My uncle has an Acer and it's awesome! Always buy Acer, never buy Toshiba/Sony/Whoever" without realizing they bought a 700 laptop vs their uncle's 1500 dollar laptop.)

But seriously, this thing had a choice that was useful for both experienced users and retards alike. So maybe they're fucking around to try and get me to buy another battery... idk. But it's still annoying and nice to know it exists. (Even if it's 1 fucking year after I've had the laptop)

kyanwan:
Wanna know why?

Ultimate battery maxes out your battery life huge - doesn't it?

What $100.00 accessory do you not buy if you have massive battery life?   That's right.  A spare battery.

:)

The IT guy can solve any problem in relation to computers.  The BEST IT people will be able to code themselves out of a job. 

Viseroid:
A few years back I found out that my laptop had a speaker boost mode. By pressing FN+F10 the speakers would become twice as loud! I looked all throughout the users manual and I never found it out. The first time I turned it on it was on accident and made my headphones sound all staticy, I thought the damn thing was broken xD. This was a Sager 4881.

fohfoh:
Most times though on a business model notebook like this, a battery is purchased well before the model ships... so yeah.

Dell has some funny features that are built in that aren't in the instruction manual. Though, the keyboard tells about most of them.


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By the way, this is the view I get now. The top 3 are the new ones + the bottom "Power Management off" one.

Seriously though, the "Dots" are not even in the correct location, though the power settings work as per the name.

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