I just got my mother a new laptop (gateway m210), and it appears to have not come with a utility to set up power profiles. On the two laptops that I've owned (an ibm t21 and a sony vaio vx88), both ...

If your internet suddenly slows down in the middle of a Netflix marathon, you might be dealing with ISP throttling. And yes, this can still happen, even with net neutrality regulations back in effect.