pro 13, how good will the heat management be?

its time to buy a new laptop. pro 13 is promising, but i do have a concern from my past experience on a sz680.

sz680 was good, except one thing, the heat management. it gets very hot very quickly. and because of the heat, the fan started to produce big noise after just one year use. according to the manual, it is not easy to replace the fan. i finally gave it up. it is a shame for a $2000 investment!

i really hope the haswell chip can give me a surprise, so i can enjoy sony's beauty without being tortured either by high temp or high noise.

 

At .68" thick, there's not a lot of room for fans in there (unfortunately small fans are always going to be louder than large fans moving equal amounts of air), and carbon fiber doesn't transfer heat as well as aluminum or magnesium might.

On the other hand, Sony has not ignored cooling, as you can see here, the screen rotates around to lift the rear of the laptop up off a hard surface and allow for better air circulation


I would guess it will be fine on a hard surface, but I would be very cautious about doing anything processor intensive on a soft surface. As always, a cooling pad at your desk will help keeps temps down and prolong the life of the internal fan(s) (and likely be quieter).

 

Some of the reviews I've seen have said fan noise is noticeable and constant.

Laptop Mag

 

Disappointing. Fan noise was constant on the Vaio T but basically nonexistent on the Duo 11. I figured because they sorted it out on the Duo 11, they'd have it sorted for other other machines as well.

 

Quite so indeed and playing videos is nothing. Better wait for more reviews until one decides to purchase it, we could discover some unpleasant surprises.