Is the fan noisy and/or does it kick in often?
I bought the i5 750 GB hard drive version of this laptop but I returned it because the fan was really annoyingly loud and kicked in almost every 10 minutes (just from web browsing, nothing intensive). The fan was better with power saving battery mode, but still very loud whenever it did kick in. Is this laptop the same or did I just get stuck with a dud? I really liked everything else about it except the fan.
Nope. Hardly ever notice my fan at all, and even when it does increase speed it makes very little noise.
I especially like that the intake and exhaust are on the back edge, away from the user.
Also, the keypad area stays very cool, even after being on all day.