Quote"We had to place our ears quite close to the laptop to be sure that the fan was spinning at all even during absolute full load."
That comment prompted me to give a try to a Tecra Z50-11V, the only Z50 sold in Spain. I hope it was just poetic license, otherwise you need an appointment with your audiologist. The fan is not overly noisy, but can be heard perfectly and it doesn't seem very efficient, it takes its sweet time to bring the temperature down.
Furthermore, the chiclet keyboard is not apt for serious typing (programming, documentation) and I found the touchpad hard to control.
Couple that with a dead pixel near the center of the screen and the thing was back in its box with a RMA slapped on it one hour after unpacking. At this price point and after this review (89%, huh?) I expected much, much better.
It was light and very good looking, that much is true. The trackpoint works well too.