How noisy/quiet is the laptop?
1241197
Very quiet ... I'm assuming it has a little fan that runs to reduce the heat and I never hear it either.
1241198
It is really, really quiet. In a soundless room, it is much more quiet than the sound of breathing, but a little louder than a heartbeat. On a warm day, it gets close to the sound of breathing. I thought it made no noise until I read your question. It is quiet.
1241199
The laptop is fairly quiet general. When doing light tasks like email and MS Office work it is very quiet. It isn't silent but I wouldn't consider it loud as normal office/home noise will easily drown it out. When working on more demanding tasks the cooling fan kicks in and the noise is a bit more noticeable. Really at no point have I thought the noise excessive or distracting.
175485
Obviously some noise but don't consider it too noise. I'd consider it generally pretty quiet.
1561793
Actually, that is a subjective question. For me, I work from home, it is less than 5' from me, and I do not find it distracting at all - even at it's highest setting (there is a link that can manually adjust the fan speed.) I've even had an SSD in use within the box leaving only the fan noise. So, it's not all that loud to me. The other side of the coin though, is that it is not in a bedroom, nor next to my TV/Stereo/etc. The sensitivity of the 'listener' is what gives a better answer.
1775134
I cannot say for 100% certain. It seems reasonably quiet (certainly NOT silent), but I'm running it in a server room with a couple of servers that kick out major decibels, so I don't have an accurate sense of this machine's noise level. Sorry.
2003201
It's noticeable, but not loud.(except when it first powers up for about 60 secs). I keep mine in a seperate room, because my other gear is silent compared to it, but it's not nearly as loud as a hp or cisco server.
1519007
It sounds like a small desktop. So its relative to the surrounding environment. If you have only have a fan-less laptop you will notice when its running.
1331167
Very quiet. I only hear it for a short time when the drives power up. A lot of the noise is the drives so get quite ones.
1418565
The fan is definitely not loud and is actually pretty quiet, but always runs. I have this in the bedroom behind the TV and definitely put it into sleep before bed because you can hear the fan. It would not bother me when awake even if on the desk next to me. The hard drive is amazingly quiet, possibly in part to the rubber grommet mounts.
2020706
Fan noise is not that bad; at least for the 3-cell, 120 G model I bought. It's as quiet as a normal laptop computer.
1739948
The drive is very quiet. I haven't had any issues with noise from my drive.
36491
Its pretty close to our laptop key board... can't really say. I personally like clicking/typing noise and I kind a think its not loud...
40087
its not quiet. but not loud. it make the regular noise that a mouse does when you need the wheel.
2154294
Sorry for the delayed answer. The fan is not at all loud. Definitely less noise than my full-sized HP.
336438
Yes, it is a little noisy but not unbearable. I have shredded for 45 minutes without being annoyed by the sound. It is micro and it is moderately fast.
1994606
Yes, it definitely is both. It is slightly louder than the fan in your laptop. I have run it for hours with no problem. I give this laptop platform very high marks.
1553943
No, the machine's noise is minimum and nice. You can check it out on YouTube.
1533896
Not noisy at all. I watch tv, YouTube videos and music on my computer while I am riding my bike. It's more quiet than my AC.