Sony Vaio Desk Top

Luddite · Post by **Luddite** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 11:51 am

I was just in touch with a friend by email and he told me he just bought a new Sony Vaio RC 210 series. He told me it was extremely quiet. He also owns a laptop and a Mac Mini and said the Vaio was quieter than even the mini. The only time he can hear anything, he says, is when the hard drives kick in under heavy load. I understand it has some kind of liquid cooling going on, but I didn't press him for further details about it.

I think he said it runs on a Pentium.

Does anyone know anything or have any experience with the Sony Vaio?

walla walla · Post by **walla walla** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 12:43 pm

I used to have an RA830g. It was quiet, but the computer had a lot of problems.

SpHeRe31459 · Post by **SpHeRe31459** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 1:30 pm

AFIAK, "liquid cooling" is marketing BS for the Sony using lots of heatpipes which has liquid inside used as a heat transport mechanisim.

nici · Post by **nici** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 5:06 pm

SpHeRe31459 wrote:AFIAK, "liquid cooling" is marketing BS for the Sony using lots of heatpipes which has liquid inside used as a heat transport mechanisim.

Sony actually says its heat-pipes, " A unique liquid-flow heat pipe draws heat...."

link So they aren´t lying, they just make a common technology seem more high-tech and expensive and unique by describing it with fancy words

SpHeRe31459 · Post by **SpHeRe31459** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 3:17 pm

nici wrote:they just make a common technology seem more high-tech and expensive and unique by describing it with fancy words

Which is the very definition of "marketing BS" to me.

Mats · Post by **Mats** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 5:28 pm

That's no BS, remember that it's the liquid that makes heatpipes so good in transporting heat. Otherwise you can always replace them with copper pipes and see how good that works...