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The kernel I'm using for the C7 was compiled using a config that was as closely aligned to my x86_84 Fedora config as possible. Unfortunately it required a few changes to be able to boot on the C7, and I still have not been able to get the touchpad to work. One thing that was able to stay constant was using the "on demand" governor. I could have changed it to "performance" but that would have probably diminshed the already poor battery life compared with the Samsung. The battery life is good enough for me. I would not want to see it go lower by using "performance" governor. Performance is great, and it seems much faster than what the benchmarks suggest. Battery life is currently much better than my old Atom netbook which originally advertised a bogus "6 hour battery life."
Going with the slimline WD 500GB made a huge difference in performance. The original 320GB Seagate drive was crap. If Acer uses the same, but larger, Seagate drive in their new model that will make the C7 a very poor value. I thought about getting a SSD, but I wanted a big HDD the same size as the Asus laptop. Unfortunately Chrome BIOS (EFI firmware, actually) only uses GPT. So the drives still will not exactly match unless I also change my others to GPT.
The only reason I was willing to buy the C7 was the use of replaceable SoDIMM and HDD. I ordered the 4GB DDR3 SoDIMM at the same time I purchased the C7. I never even booted it with the single 2GB. I also ordered the 500GB drive at the same time. I found the C7 uses a slimline 7mm drive so I had to return the 8mm WD.
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linuxium
the CPU scaling governor is set at "on demand" rather than "performance" so there is another potential improvement here.
The kernel I'm using for the C7 was compiled using a config that was as closely aligned to my x86_84 Fedora config as possible. Unfortunately it required a few changes to be able to boot on the C7, and I still have not been able to get the touchpad to work. One thing that was able to stay constant was using the "on demand" governor. I could have changed it to "performance" but that would have probably diminshed the already poor battery life compared with the Samsung. The battery life is good enough for me. I would not want to see it go lower by using "performance" governor. Performance is great, and it seems much faster than what the benchmarks suggest. Battery life is currently much better than my old Atom netbook which originally advertised a bogus "6 hour battery life."
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You've pimped up your C7 as I see 6GB RAM and a 500GB drive
Going with the slimline WD 500GB made a huge difference in performance. The original 320GB Seagate drive was crap. If Acer uses the same, but larger, Seagate drive in their new model that will make the C7 a very poor value. I thought about getting a SSD, but I wanted a big HDD the same size as the Asus laptop. Unfortunately Chrome BIOS (EFI firmware, actually) only uses GPT. So the drives still will not exactly match unless I also change my others to GPT.
The only reason I was willing to buy the C7 was the use of replaceable SoDIMM and HDD. I ordered the 4GB DDR3 SoDIMM at the same time I purchased the C7. I never even booted it with the single 2GB. I also ordered the 500GB drive at the same time. I found the C7 uses a slimline 7mm drive so I had to return the 8mm WD.