In case you’re notebook is dying out on you faster than it usually does, don’t rush to the nearest computer store to buy new batteries. Chances are is that it’s not a hardware problem.

Vista has drawn the ire of its users anew when it has recently been revealed that its Aero Glass interface has been sipping the energy out of laptop batteries like a glutton. This new video engine of Microsoft’s new OS allows images to be displayed seamlessly. It’s the feature that many ditched Windows XP for.

Many laptop owners weren’t aware of the consequence that the Aero Glass interface would have on their unit as far as battery mileage is concerned. The only concern that surfaced during the introduction of the graphics feature was that it will most likely consume a huge amount of actual and video memory. Little did many know that it’s also an energy hog.

I don’t know how Microsoft would remedy the problem. Some are suggesting patches that would modify the way Vista consumes energy. I’m not sure if they can simply fix the dilemma through a simple patch. The process would surely involve some changes in the registry.

Laptop manufacturers aren’t waiting for Microsoft to come up with a solution, though. They have already included various power management utilities in their products which overrides a similar feature or function in Vista. They claim that their utility provides more options to the user than the one integrated in the new OS.

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I know it’s already quite late to be talking about Christmas presents, but I can’t help telling everybody that I got an Acer laptop from my mom

It’s not the latest model though, but it’s not a Celeron either. It’s a Pentium M Centrino. It doesn’t boast much in terms of graphics, but the screen resolution is something to brag about.

There are many things to like about the Acer Aspire 3620. For one thing, it’s pleasing to the eyes. It doesn’t look like a brick like some laptops do. You won’t feel like you’re carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders either when you put it in your backpack.

Don’t get carried away by my review. It’s not the perfect notebook. It has no dedicated video memory. To make matters worse, it only comes with 256MB of RAM. It could be upgraded to 1GB, but for those who don’t have the extra bucks, you’re virtually stuck with a unit that constantly has amnesia.

I got my laptop to run faster without having to burn my savings for memory. It turned out that my system registry has been cluttered and modified by certain applications. They are not exactly viruses or malwares. However, these programs usually complicate the registry which, in turn, makes the overall system performance slow.

The screen still freezes sometimes even if I got some errors fixed. However, it now performs much better than it did before I got my system registry checked and fixed.

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