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[Dragonfly DIY] New laptop stuff
Aug. 10th, 2015 11:31 pmI got a new laptop, immediately updated to Windows 10. No big surprises, I've been running 10 since the tech preview came out months ago.
But the new laptop is a new experience for me. It's an Asus UX303LA Ultrabook. It's nice, small and light and I can use it for hours and it does not get hot on my lap.
Here's some stuff I've found out. I'll try to remember to update this post if I find out any more good items.
First, for Windows 10, I really suggest visiting this page for a first draft of junk to shut off:
http://windows.wonderhowto.com/inspiration/everything-you-need-disable-windows-10-0163552/
I shut off adaptive brightness control too - I like a super bright display, but even if I didn't it seems like the display just dims and brightens again randomly and it's irritating.
Touchpad: The multitouch gestures turn out to be really important to comfortable navigation. Here are multitouch gestures I've learned:
Double touch/drag - scroll/pan
Double finger tap - right click
Triple finger drag down - show desktop (minimize all)
Triple finger drag up - show currently running apps in a selector view
Triple finger drag left/right - switch apps (same as alt-tab and shift-alt-tab)
Go into add/remove programs and get rid of the junk - MS office, some other junk that takes up space.
One problem I've had is that many apps get freaked out by the resolution of this computer - 3200 x 1800. Arduino came up with a full window about the size of my thumb. As a Windows programmer I know what they did wrong, it's an easy compromise to make and hopefully they didn't pepper hundreds of that shortcut all over the code.
But the new laptop is a new experience for me. It's an Asus UX303LA Ultrabook. It's nice, small and light and I can use it for hours and it does not get hot on my lap.
Here's some stuff I've found out. I'll try to remember to update this post if I find out any more good items.
First, for Windows 10, I really suggest visiting this page for a first draft of junk to shut off:
http://windows.wonderhowto.com/inspiration/everything-you-need-disable-windows-10-0163552/
I shut off adaptive brightness control too - I like a super bright display, but even if I didn't it seems like the display just dims and brightens again randomly and it's irritating.
Touchpad: The multitouch gestures turn out to be really important to comfortable navigation. Here are multitouch gestures I've learned:
Double touch/drag - scroll/pan
Double finger tap - right click
Triple finger drag down - show desktop (minimize all)
Triple finger drag up - show currently running apps in a selector view
Triple finger drag left/right - switch apps (same as alt-tab and shift-alt-tab)
Go into add/remove programs and get rid of the junk - MS office, some other junk that takes up space.
One problem I've had is that many apps get freaked out by the resolution of this computer - 3200 x 1800. Arduino came up with a full window about the size of my thumb. As a Windows programmer I know what they did wrong, it's an easy compromise to make and hopefully they didn't pepper hundreds of that shortcut all over the code.
