I sold my iMac on eBay and bought Pismo 500. I got it so I could use one computer for both my at home desktop needs and on the road to do GPS and general portable stuff. At home it's connected to a 19 in. monitor, an external keyboard and mouse, and through a 4 port USB hub to a printer, a scanner, a pda cradle, and sometimes a camera. The iMac used to do the same stuff. I left it on all the time and put it to sleep when I wasn't sitting in front of it. I want to do the same with the Pismo. Now, the Pismo is setup to run with the case closed. Should I continue to do this or not? I've noticed that the bottom of the case gets hot when it's awake and doing stuff. It cools down some when it's asleep. I have it raised up from the desk surface sitting on two 1x1x10 in. pieces of wood, to allow air circulation under it. I'm thinking of building a small fan box for it to sit on. Or the idea just hit me to build a padded stand so the Pismo could stand on end with the cd-dvd drive pointing up. This would allow natural air flow around it. Is this necessary? There must be other people using them for regular desktop use, what are your thoughts/experience?
BTW, so far I really like the Pismo 500. It takes up a lot less space than my iMac or previous tower macs. It feels generally as fast as the iMac 600 I had. Some things feel faster and some other things feel slower. I haven't done any tests and I don't plan to. It's like gas mileage. If it's good, so what? And if it's bad, I don't want to know about it. Thanks -- Dan Pennington Lansing, Michigan -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
