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> That was a mistake. Use the default drivers and only install the stuff that's missing. On most of my systems (I installed on 3 different computers at this poi
by leeoniya 14y ago
> That was a mistake. Use the default drivers and only install the stuff that's missing. On most of my systems (I installed on 3 different computers at this point), virtually everything already had drivers installed except for stuff like biometric sensors.
for the record, i updated the drivers because it was choppy, and it didn't update anything that could have helped anyhow
> I haven't had this happen even once. Everything is much smoother and cleaner.
are you testing on a T400?
> My laptop boots in 3 seconds. Seriously.
please tell me what magical laptop even has a POST time of 3 seconds.
> Installing 3rd party stuff isn't necessary.
many people will disagree with you. Win8 did not fix practically anything that Teracopy, XYPlorer, Ultramon, Classic Shell, and 7+ taskbar tweaker can add to a desktop experience.
I dont intend to use metro on a non-touch device. period. if you think it's just a matter of getting used to it, i invite you to see how many people have come to love Unity on Ubuntu.
- shanselman 14y agoLaptops with UEFI don't have traditional BIOS or POSTs. Mine books in 6 seconds to a usable desktop.
- leeoniya 14y agoi thought this so i googled "UEFI laptop" since i have not seen one and it pulled up nothing definitive. sounds like there are very few on the market?
- maratd 14y agoI have a Dell Vostro V131 with UEFI. I wasn't counting the POST, just the operating system boot from start to login screen.
- kyriakos 14y agoactually most laptops that came out the past 12 months apart from the very budget models have UEFI BIOS.
- shanselman 14y agoI looked around with "laptop uefi support" and found that most laptops from the last 2 years have this support. Lenovos have it as a switchable option, in fact, in their BIOS. They support Legacy and UEFI at the same time.
- freehunter 14y agoYeah, it's generally called Quick Boot, or the option to skip POST.