On Aug 31, 2004, at 2:05 PM, Anthony Testi wrote:
> I'm wondering about heat problems. It seems like Apple has had a few
> of those lately in their hardware, right?
No, not at all. There was an issue with noisy cooling fans in some of
the G4 machines from 2 years ago, but no problems with heating. The new
iMac design page states: "The speaker grill lets a trio of ultra-quiet
blowers draw cool air into the system. These custom heat dissipaters
can rotate at speeds as low as a few hundred RPM. Advanced thermal
software spins them as fast or slow as needed and you’ll hardly ever
notice them. Quieter than a whisper, the iMac G5 measures less than
25dB when idle (at the same distance of 50cm, a whisper in a quiet room
measures more than 30dB). A slit in the back of the case allows heat to
rise out the top." See more at http://www.apple.com/imac/design.html
> I still like the 'cube' design of a few years ago. DO they make that
> still, I'm thinking it was dropped because of cracked cases due to
> heat.
Nope. The cube was certainly way cool, but didn't address a market. It
was too expensive for the home user, but not expandable enough for the
power user. The "cracking" issue was not a crack, but a seam line
created by the process that formed the plastic case of the cube.
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