I am using Netflix desktop (https://launchpad.net/netflix-desktop) which is basically just an application for Ubuntu which uses Firefox running in/under Wine. Everything works phenomenal, but the HD playback. I understand that Wine slows down applications, but I am wondering what kinds of things I could do to possibly get more juice out of my Ubuntu 12.04.
So far, I've tried changing priority of the process in System Monitor, but that doesn't seem to work.
My processor is Intel® Core™ i5-3317U CPU @ 1.70GHz × 4
I have 4 Gb's of RAM (and as much for swap)
My best guess is that I am not taking advantage of my video card which is Intel HD Graphics 4000
My computer is HP Spectre XT 13-2050 (http://www.amazon.com/HP-Spectre-13-2050nr-13-3-Inch-Laptop/dp/B0085RUZFA)