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There is a method to change your Acer Aspireone into "performance mode" in order to keep CPU Usage within acceptable levels.
By default, Ubuntu has set the default CPU frequency (i.e. performance) of newly installed computers to "On Demand". This is for a number of reasons including not constantly requiring fan to draw down the battery (although I would be plugged in for practice and performance anyways). The Acer Aspireone a751h CPU has the '''"speedstep" ''' feature, and will now show the step to change it to "performance".
'''Steps to Enhance CPU performance:'''
# '''ATTENTION:''' Take time to read these instructions. Flashing BIOS can come with risks and I take no responsibilities of any disasters encountered, but this procedure did work for me...
# '''Check BIOS version.''' I had version 3010, which didn't support "speedstep" Speedstep feature, but version 3012 does support that feature (which means you need to download version, and flash your BIOS).
# I have dual boot, so decided to perform the BIOS flash in my '''MS WIndows XP''' portion of notebook:
:# '''Boot netbook into MS Windows''' (not Ubuntu Linux)
