Fans are required when convection/radiation cooling are inadequate.
Using lower voltage chips, the power dissapation drops, e.g., 5 volts at 5
amps dissipates 25 watts, whereas 2.5 volts at 5 amps is 12.5 watts.
Yes, by eliminating the fan, there is a cost savings, but there is also a
noise reduction and reliability improvement.
Tom
"Christopher Northrop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 06/16/2000
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> get yourself an imac - the current models are fan-less and
> silent...
I believe the fan-not-included was more of a cost-factor rather then
an engineering break through. Lets see the fan displaces heat thus
keeping the thermo movement to a minimum. Also lets not forget that
old electrical physics thing, something about heat and resistance..
You know as heat increases so does resistance.. hhuuummmm? go figure
..
> but then again the c64 didn't come with a Harman Kardon sound
> system built in!
Sounds more like like the Packard Bell syndrome.. Not very
upgradable..
> you could install connectix virtual PC on your new imac and run
> yourself the funkiest linux server on your block!
Sounds real efficient.
>
> <ducks for cover and dons flame retardant suit>
>
> :)
>
> At 9:26 AM +0100 15/6/00, Thomas Ribbrock wrote:
> >Though the day I'm able to get my hands on a PC with the noise
> >level of a C64 (i.e. none), I might leave the dial-up machine
> >on... ;-)
>
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