[oclug]Noisy PC's (Was Linux and power supplies)

[B McKee-Muskoka Auto Parts]

>> The quiet hardware is already available, albeit at a premium.
>> One of my links was to quietpc.ca, a vendor specializing in
>> quiet gear.
>> 
>> -Ross
> 
> 
> People are already paying a hefty premium for flat-panel displays. I
> would think that low-power, low-noise, small-form-factor PC's would be
> the next logical step.
>
Wasn't this supposed to be a selling point of the Apple G4 Cube?  Yet people
made 'toaster' jokes.  All the Macs I've used have been nice and quiet.  The
lower heat output of the RISC chip I suppose.  Of course, the CDRom in the
first generation iMacs sounded like the CD was about to be propelled through
the case back at you....
Brian