Comment 7 for bug 1075792

I have the same problem on a Dell M301z running Ubuntu 12.10. Forcing the low graphics mode for Unity helped a bit, but is still slower than on other Laptops (don't know the models) I've seen of friends of mine running the standard configuration of Unity.
Also the low graphics mode is not an option for me since I'd like to save space on my Laptop screen and have the Launcher to auto-hide, but this is unfortunatley not working in low-graphics mode similar or equal to Bug #1078075.