On 22 March 2011 11:53, Stephen Price <step...@littlevoices.com> wrote: > > Thanks for the pic! :) > > That little vent in the corner doesn't look big enough to be very efficient > for cooling. You didn't confirm the vent at the back is the main exhast for > cooling, but I'm assuming so. > > I'll check out the Sony Z series but without even looking I know it will be > more expensive. :)
Both the current generation and previous generation Sony Z-series laptops get ridiculously hot after being on for a couple of hours, especially where the vent is. Put your hand on or near that vent, and you won't be able to hold it there for more than 15 seconds. It seems to work fine while like that though, and the machine is otherwise great, especially with the SSD option. > On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 8:22 AM, Wallace Turner <wallacetur...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Steve, >> When I ordered there was no SSD option. There are some articles about people >> adding them after market (successfully too!) >> >> There is this funny looking vent thing next to the back right vent. (see >> below) other than that its as shown. >> >> The battery life is 2.5hrs, which is OK for me but may not be for others. >> >> >> >> http://www.pocket-lint.com/review-gallery/5314/dell-vostro-v130-notebook-review/5 >> >> On 22/03/2011 7:57 AM, Stephen Price wrote: >> >> Thank goodness! Hell ugly laptops. Always have been. Maybe i'm just >> superficial. :) >> >> I was looking at the Vostro V130 Wallace recommended. Looks very nice. I get >> these Dell emails about the Vostro's all the time and to be honest I've >> always been underimpressed by them. I look at the business range and compare >> them to the XPS's or the Studio laptops and wonder if i'm missing something. >> Are the business laptops more targetted at the people who just use word and >> excel or something? >> >> Shopping around for a laptop my wife can use at the moment... The way she >> currently uses her (my old) XPS m1210, it needs to be small, light and NOT >> have all its fans on the bottom. It runs at 100% cpu a lot and I think its >> because she sits it on her lap on a pillow. Poor thing gets so damn hot >> having its air vents smothered by a pillow. I dare not say anything in case >> i'm next. (I'm kidding, I do dare saying something a lot. If I dissapear >> suddenly you'll know why...) >> >> Does the V130 have any vents on the bottom? It looks like there's one at the >> back but they have no pics of the bottom of the laptop on their site. It >> looks pretty slick laptop actually... I didn't see any options to configure >> it with an SSD hard drive. Ah well probably better to get an after market >> one anyway. >> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 7:33 AM, Noon Silk <noonsli...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Stephen Price >>> <step...@littlevoices.com> wrote: >>> > Is it me or do the Lenovo laptops look exactly the same as they did 20 >>> > years >>> > ago? >>> >>> It's not just you. >>> >>> -- >>> Noon Silk >>> >>> http://dnoondt.wordpress.com/ (Noon Silk) | http://www.mirios.com.au:8081 > >>> >>> Fancy a quantum lunch? >>> http://www.mirios.com.au:8081/index.php?title=Quantum_Lunch >>> >>> "Every morning when I wake up, I experience an exquisite joy — the joy >>> of being this signature." >> >> >> >
