[loki16]

i'm setting up a second office so finally have decided to make the move from desktop to laptop.

i'm trying to buy a reliable, fast and quiet laptop that i can cart around with me, and plug into a large monitor wen needed.

i have tried 3 so far; a HP DV6 1120, a Sony VAIO CS, and now a Toshiba Satellite U400 177, and after using a lovely Dell Optiplex 745 for 2 years, find the laptops incredibly noisy (fan).

my desktop is so quiet i often don't realise it's even switched on, but the laptops make me feel like i'm at the airport!

i ask the salespeople and they shrug their shoulders. spain is an unusually noisy place (barcelona is the 2nd noisiest city in the world, forget usuing a mobile phone in the street), shops are noisy so i can't test in the shop.

it doesn't seem to be a issue for anyone but me. ok, so i'm fussy about working in a quiet environment.

are quiet laptops a contradiciton in terms?

PS i'm in spain and looking to pay up to €1000. no a macbook isn't an option.

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anyone?

[loki16]

anyone?

[loki16]

possibly good advice, thanks.

i've been looking into this further and found a few things which i'll include for anyone else facing the same issues...

today's laptops have more powerful processors (than yesterday's laptops), which work hotter/faster, and require more cooling.

windows vista (spit) is a resource hog and makes everything work harder. more work = more heat.

i'm looking at "downgrading" to XP. i can't stand the thought of returning yet another laptop to the shop, and then re-installing/re-configuring everything again.

go windows.

[loki16]

i'm not clever or patient enough to to a clean install of XP on my latest laptop (3 in a week) and the only way i can currently get XP is via dell (all the shops here are selling vista pre-loaded) so i've just placed an order with dell and am waiting for their proforma.

thanks for asking.

Edited by loki16, 10 June 2009 - 11:32 AM.

[loki16]

i am dropping by a tech friend tomorrow to see if he can spot a fault or make an adjustment the bios but i'm not holding my breath.