[quote author=“Anonymous”]my argument was on the facts of the machine AND against him “himself” (which i have no problem admitting).
ouch…
You remind me of the character Vizzini (Wallace Shawn) from The Princess Bride. You are going to astound us with your intellect.
Stooping to personal attacks is uncalled for and then to do it anonymously is juvenile. If you have a disagreement that’s perfectly acceptible..that’s life.
I have no doubts that the TX is an upgrade to the T in as much as IBM T43 was an upgrade to a T42. Those in the know realize that the upgrade is more superficial than those that may not follow technology as closely as others. As many here have stated if someone already owns a T then there isn’t much of an incentive to upgrade to the TX. The screen is nice as well as the redesigned look. But for those that use their notebook as a tool to accomplish work the differences between the T and the TX are inconsequential. That didn’t stop me nor others here from shelling out the $$ to check out the TX. It’s a good machine (using it to type this post) but it does have its disadvantages.
I believe that I’ve started the fight here. Please calm down and cut your losses. Whoever needs to buy the TX, go ahead and buy it. I also have a MsSc in EE and 10+ years in circuit design and believe me, I won’t be one of those who gets the new TX, since I dont see any improvements. Everybody have their own opinion and the money is also yours. From MY technical standpoint, it ain’t worth it. If you want to call anybody insecure about the purchase they’ve made, go ahead, but it simply shows bad teaste.
I appreciate the breakdown on the heat sink cooling issues. It is good to know why the TX and the T had problems with the heat sink/fan noise compared to the TR. I have built dozens of systems over the years, so I understand the well laid out logic. I do not have the luxury of building notebooks, but the same logic should apply.
However, that said, the one thing that people tend to forget about forums as this is that it is typically about a certain form of fanaticism about a brand of product. For many, this is a site about the upgrades and new models and Sony cranks them out faster than most. So, of course, people get excited about the new rumors of a new Vaio. It is even more so when a new model comes available. The cool thing is that we can debate the merits or lack thereof in each. Bottom line, if you frequent this site, you are interested in Sony products. We love and hate each model, but we are genuinely interested in the brand and what they have to offer next.
[quote author=“duffy”]Perfect example is my X1 (which is a Samsung Q30), Panasonic Toughbooks, and even Sony’s X505. They passively cool their CPUs by using heat spreaders.
Yup, the X is wisper quiet and never hot…even when running for hours. I love the machine.
That being said, if I still needed an onboard optical, I would jump all over the TX if I had a T or a TR…weight is my #1 factor until I am out of school.
Well I just fired up the TX again and I have a couple of answers.
When the AV button is pressed the machine boots up and comes to a menu. The menu looks like the menu on the PSP (nice). There are four icons to choose from. There’s CD/DVD, Photo, Start Windows, Power Off. If the CD/DVD is selected you can play content from the disc drive. I’m not sure what codecs are supported. When Photo is selected the machine will pull up pics from the Memory stick or SD cards. Doesn’t appear there is a way to access data from the harddrive.
[quote author=“duffy”]Well I just fired up the TX again and I have a couple of answers.
When the AV button is pressed the machine boots up and comes to a menu. The menu looks like the menu on the PSP (nice). There are four icons to choose from. There’s CD/DVD, Photo, Start Windows, Power Off. If the CD/DVD is selected you can play content from the disc drive. I’m not sure what codecs are supported. When Photo is selected the machine will pull up pics from the Memory stick or SD cards. Doesn’t appear there is a way to access data from the harddrive.
Hi Duffy,
Thanks for that. One hopefully easy question—when you say it “boots up,” do you mean that the HD is spinning/in use?
Is the HD in use at all during DVD playback? (Can you see the light blink or hear the HD being accessed?)
The reason why I’m asking is because I’d like to take a laptop out for road trips (or playing in a car, for example). With my IBM, I’m not worried about bumps during use b/c there is active protection where the HD temporarily stops/parks when there is movement. My T250 doesn’t have this so I’m more wary to use it while in a car. Paranoid, I know.
The hard drive does sound like it’s spinning though the access light doesn’t come on. Keep in mind that the hard drive in the TX is 1.8”. According to mfg specs the 1.8” drives can handle quite a bit more shock than the usual notebook drive which is 2.5”. Unless you’re really going to be giving the notebook some good pops I wouldn’t worry about the drive spinning.
BTW, I popped in Robots as a test DVD and the movie looked awesome! The screen on the TX is absolutely stunning.
The fan noise on the TX is less annoying than the P. The fan on the TX cycles more but the whine of the fan is less pronounced. Though it does get on your nerves if you focus on it. I’m not sure much can be done to lessen the fan noise. I already have the CPU undervolted and it still runs pretty much all the time. Actually, if the fan ran all the time it would be less annoying. It’s the cycling thats gets under my skin. As far as Sony fixing the problem..I wouldn’t count on it until the TX has it next major rev which may not be for a year or more.
The main beef that I have with the TX is the fan cycling. If it stayed off or on all the time I would be happy. Well I took two steps back to move one step forward. I kinda fixed my fan cycling problem. Well sort of. I disabled CHC so I’m no longer undervolting the CPU. Well now the CPU is using more power and running hotter. As a result the fan now runs all the time. Problem solved?
what is the CHC saying about your T’s temeprature?
My is 50C for the system and 40C for the hard drive.
I’ve read several people complaining about the temperature.
Mine is untouched (not undervolted or tweaked in any way)
this may be the wrong place for this, but my TR3 temp for the HD is always reporting +70, is that normal or is it frying? I have to turn off the warnings in CHC.
jigs
[quote author=“Gilbert”]70 is frying buddy. My TR is 55C for the HDD and 60C for the system.
so what to do? does this have something to do with max performance setting of chc? but then again, i am downloading office sp2, doing a backup with ATI, and just defraged the drives. i don’t know, this TR is a furnace.
