The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Fan sounds

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by cdresor, Nov 4, 2003.

  1. cdresor

    cdresor Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    1
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I have a Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo D which sounds like a vacuum cleaner, the German technicians must have done something strange with the fan specs :) Now I am about to buy either a Dell 8500 or 8600. Does anyone have any comments about its (eventual) loudness? Is the fan disturbing or not?
    I will not run any shoot-em ups but work mostly with statistical analysis, Office programs and maybe some DVD movies :)

    TIA,
    CD
    Sweden
     
    cdresor, Nov 4, 2003
    #1
  2. Andrew Baxter

    Andrew Baxter -

    Reputations:
    4,365
    Messages:
    9,029
    Likes Received:
    55
    Trophy Points:
    216
    a vacuum cleaner isn't exactly what you want in the background of a DVD movie [ :)] However, the 8600 or 8500 are not that loud and will work fine for you. They're louder than a ThinkPad T40 say, but overall much quieter than your experience with the Fujitsu!
     
    Andrew Baxter, Nov 4, 2003
    #2