I finally got the 8790. It's a great machine first of all. Beautiful screen, VERY fast, but VERY loud. I plan on using it for school(taking notes, etc.), but the noise is just unbearable. I'll explain in detail:
The notebook is normally very quiet with one fan on, this fan is not noticible at all. But every 2-3 minutes, the 2nd fan kicks in and here is the problem. The fan's so loud that it's impossible not to distract anyone else. It's so loud that it's actually louder than my old amd 1800+ system. This full blast of the fan only lasts for around 1 minute or 2, but I'll get kicked out of lectures for sure if this is how loud it'll be. And worse yet, when the fan first kicks in, it's as if all the fans in the notebook kicked in at once.
Many people have also asked about the left palmrest. Well it's warm, but warm enough that my palm/wrist is sweating as I'm typing all of this.
I checked the bios and there's no temperature adjust or anything of that nature that would lower the frequency of the fan kicking in.
It's truly a shame since this machine's just so damn well made. But I guess I can't have the best of both worlds. I'm probably gonna go with a centrino system. The 17" Screen is just beautiful, I really don't want to part with this notebook but I really have no choice.
The notebook is normally very quiet with one fan on, this fan is not noticible at all. But every 2-3 minutes, the 2nd fan kicks in and here is the problem. The fan's so loud that it's impossible not to distract anyone else. It's so loud that it's actually louder than my old amd 1800+ system. This full blast of the fan only lasts for around 1 minute or 2, but I'll get kicked out of lectures for sure if this is how loud it'll be. And worse yet, when the fan first kicks in, it's as if all the fans in the notebook kicked in at once.
Many people have also asked about the left palmrest. Well it's warm, but warm enough that my palm/wrist is sweating as I'm typing all of this.
I checked the bios and there's no temperature adjust or anything of that nature that would lower the frequency of the fan kicking in.
It's truly a shame since this machine's just so damn well made. But I guess I can't have the best of both worlds. I'm probably gonna go with a centrino system. The 17" Screen is just beautiful, I really don't want to part with this notebook but I really have no choice.
