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    did I mess it up?? (sold my S460)

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by arevee, Nov 14, 2005.

  1. arevee

    arevee Notebook Evangelist

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    I managed to get a beautiful s460 on ebay for a $1000 but turned it around and sold it $1150 bcos the heat issues were getting to me. was that a bad decision?? It sure was an awesome buy for the price.

    someone please tell me I was not wrong! I should have looked at this forum beforehand for the chinese firmware update... aaaaaaaaa :( :( :( :(
     
    arevee, Nov 14, 2005
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  2. davez82

    davez82 Notebook Consultant

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    i bought a s480 from sony , just returned it last week for reasons you can probably understand as well.

    other than heat issues, the fan noise was extremely annoying as well, i have never heard of a annoying fan on a notebook before. loud yes, annoying, no. I dont think you were wrong in trying to get rid of it.
     
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  3. Bomfunk

    Bomfunk Notebook Consultant

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    Well I had a S3 series but returned that as well because of the fan noise. If you liked the notebook though I can recommend the S5 series which has a much quieter fan. You won't get it for that cheap though I guess..
     
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    slidahz Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yea I would recommend the S5 series if it's the heat issues that you are worrying about. I have the newer bios from Sony China and it's definitely cooler than the S570 I had. On the S580 fan noise is somewhat audible, but it doesn't bother me much. Supposed the fan noise on the S5 is better than on the S4 series. If the heat and fan bothered you, then you made the right decision because those issues are pretty important if you are going to be using this device every day. Besides, you made some money off of the deal =).
     
    slidahz, Nov 14, 2005
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