Hey guys I'm a new linux user, I figured it would be the best for the laptop I just purchased because it's said to be faster than Windows 7. I'm currently dual-booting with Windows 7 Professial and Ubuntu 12.04.
The laptop I am using is the LG X Note P210
Specs:
Intel Core i5 470UM Dual Core clocked at 1.33GHz
12.5" HD LED LCD Screen at 1366 by 768
4GB DDR3 @ 1333 MHz RAM
Integrated Intel HD Graphics Card
4 Cell Battery with 3150mAh
It comes loaded Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit, it runs fine on that but my Ubuntu 12.04 runs slower than it and I don't understand why, it definitely has decent specs to run even a 64-bit operating system and do some gaming. Granted I know it's not the best but for a laptop it does the job so Ubuntu should work especially since it's said to make older units with worse specs run even better.
I'm not all that familiar with coding and all so what are things I can do to optimize speed without overclocking? Boot up is fine, its program response time I believe, once Im in the actual OS, it lags, slows down, apps stop working, take forever to load up apps.