Thankx

Before I say some thing, I would like to point that ChotoCheeta.com is just a personal blog, which I run from my free time. I just share, what ever I have learned regarding computers, hence it is very much possible that I may have learned wrong and have written some thing wrong.

So I thank you for taking time off to post above comment.

Now regarding the points you have put up, please do consider, some of them a really subjective.

For example, “Use only certified hardware”, is not really advising you to buy an Apple branded RAM for an apple product, but rather its more like advising you to not to use any cheap non branded device, for example a cheap external USB power up devices. In my exp, I have seen many users end up buying such because of huge price difference and which turns out to be a resource hogger !!!

US / UK / Europe has strict law which prevents such non branded, un-approved devices to be sold in open market, but 3rd world countries lacks such trust. These un-approved / non branded devices floods the market with real cheap rate than a branded product.

I simply advice users to stay away from such products !!!

Coming to the second point, regrading drivers, once again paul, its a subjective point. I am active in many online user groups and forums, and there while reading about problems, I have found out that so many users are using drivers which are at-least 2 years old !!! Its not that i am asking users to search for updates right from the time of walking out of the show room (personally though I feel one should ), but those who are on notebooks older than 1 year or so must visit vendor web sites to search for driver updates.

I agree, most of the time, Intel or such manufacture may have latest update than HP / Lenovo or such vendor !!!

But finding the model number of a device and visiting individual manufactures for driver becomes bit tough for users while vendor would list all drivers at same place, which is bit easy for users.

“certified OS”

Once again paul, please don’t consider about Ubuntu on a Vista certified system. Please also consider about running Windows Server 2003 on a vista certified system.

As I keep telling the word subjective, see, a person who knows about installing, configuring Ubuntu, would never have to read my blog for sure, but there are so many users I have seen who have bought a Vista system but running Windows Server 2003. Server 2003 means that the system now doesn’t have official drivers, screen brightness now automatically doesn’t dim in battery operation, and as the OS is configured to handle background apps, power saving modes are not active thus effecting battery back greatly !!!

My suggestion was for those people who falls in above mention category !!!

Lastly about screen saver, well I have not asked to enable screen saver. Screen saver actually doesn’t save any thing, rather I have shown the way to find option to set the timer to turn of the display completely !!!

And to finish with, no, I have not seen any error in your comment either, but as I have said, most of these methods are subjective !!!

Hope I am able to make my self clear here, and again, I do thank you for taking time off to post your comment.

Thanks,

1. “Use only certified hardware”
While it is certainly a good idea to make sure the hardware is compatible with your computer, the “certified” hardware is often only certified for reasons relating to your computer’s vendor’s business interests. Indecently, you will often find yourself paying more for the product as well. For example, FastMac’s batteries for the Macbook are considerably higher density – and quality – than the best Apple will offer. Not to mention it is cheaper as well. I simply mention this as a clear reminder that certified hardware is rarely the best option, not that I favor their products as I do not own a Macbook.

2. “Use only Certified Operating System”
While Windows XP or Vista may be installed on nearly every laptop sold, they are heavyweight OSs, and suck a lot of CPU cycles simply idling. Now, with Linux distributions like Ubuntu, Linux is becoming even easier to learn and use than Windows is, and they can prolong battery life considerably. Most modern drivers are built in and claiming that “proper driver support” won’t be found in an OS that doesn’t have a sticker on your computer is a little silly, as any operating system can accurately read the battery usage and optimize for each power supply, and some “Non-Certified” operating systems WILL last longer on a single charge than others. Again, “certified” is being used just for their own business interest.

3. Drivers
You make a very good point about keeping the drivers up to date, and drivers can be a tricky issue. Sometimes, however, you’re computer’s vendor may not always have the most recent driver available, and many will say because “It hasn’t been tested thoroughly enough”. The best drivers available will be found on the individual hardware vendor’s site. For instance, a driver with better power-usage for an Intel wireless card on a Lenovo Thinkpad may be found on Intel’s website, but the same driver will not show up on Lenovo’s website for several months, if at all.

4. Charging cycles
I don’t claim to be an expert on batteries, but every source I have read from claims that full discharge of the battery frequently is undesirable. There is a digital meter that needs to be calibrated occasionally, and that indeed is done by completely draining a battery and then letting it charge completely undisturbed, however, that should be done every 30 or so charge cycles. I’m not sure anyone has to charge their laptop 30 cycles in a week… so an average user should do this about every 2 months. More often — or less often — will result in a lessened overall battery life.

A reference to the above statement:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium-ion_battery#Guidelines_for_prolonging_Li-ion_battery_life

Finally, you should probably mention that a screen saver isn’t necessary when using a battery — or at all. It is better practice to simply have the monitor turn off after a few minutes rather than have a screen saver for a few minutes and then shut off the screen later. LCD displays today take only a fraction of a second to turn on, unlike the CRTs of yesterday, essentially making “screen savers” obsolete. That, and the fact that LCD displays aren’t affected by the “Burn-in” problem of CRTs that caused the creation of screen savers.

I hope you consider what I have said, check your research, and make the corrections accordingly. If in your research you discover I have made errors, please let me know as well.

Paul

I am sorry, I didnt get your question.. Will you be kind enough to elaborate that for me ??

Thank you..