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The problem with some VAIO machines tends to be cooling. My experience is that the fan controller is quite badly designed, and the machine ends up being noisy.
by nextos 7y ago
The problem with some VAIO machines tends to be cooling.
My experience is that the fan controller is quite badly designed, and the machine ends up being noisy. The fan RPMs oscillate a lot, even under no load.
I hope it is not the case this time, and we end up with a nice laptop that can run Linux well. Options are limited, so an alternative with many ports from a quality manufacturer is more than welcome.
- teamski 7y agoAre you taking about recent VAIO machines? If yes name then.
- nextos 7y agoFor example, the very recent SX14: "Unfortunately, Vaio commits a huge blunder when it comes to the fan control. Ideally, the fan should not run at all while the device is idling. The opposite is true for the Vaio SX14: The fan always runs with 32.5 dB(a), which is definitely audible. Under load, the fan becomes much louder with 43.9 dB(a), which is annoyingly loud." https://www.notebookcheck.net/Vaio-SX14-i5-8265U-FHD-Laptop-Review.418199.0.html#toc-emissions https://www.notebookcheck.net/Vaio-SX14-i5-8265U-FHD-Laptop-... I really like some VAIO models, as I think quality is superior to Thinkpad. So I wish they took a bit more care with these issues. Their recent fanless convertible suffers from coil whine. Some online reviews discuss this too.
- teamski 7y agoOk good to know. Fan control is super important, the only one managing this well with different and really working profiles seems to be Dell. Lenovo just started to get better there (with the S940 which is quiet but because of heavy throttling and no options for profiles, however better than the way around).