Steve Hanson
07-07-2003, 08:17 PM
ZnU wrote in <znu-D948D8.10235006072003[at]news.fu-berlin.de>:
>In article <eimfgvs9nn4u2i8oa9t2fscimqmcssl9v2[at]4ax.com>,
> Mayor of R'lyeh <ev515o[at]hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 06 Jul 2003 03:51:59 -0400, Trevor Zion Bauknight
>> <trevzb[at]comcast.net> chose to bless us with the following wisdom:
>>
>> >In article <BGONa.46209$926.4961[at]sccrnsc03>,
>> > "Harvey Louzon" <rabbit272[at]comcast.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >> What a joke. When intel systems were running hot the mac idiots
>> >> were laughing about it. Now this piece of shit mac G5 has NINE
>> >> cooling fans!!
>> >>
>> >> You're going to need a refrigerator for this piece of crap.
>> >
>> >Actually, you're not. The nine fans are slow-moving and reflect a
>> >high degree of refinement in the machine's industrial design.
>> >Please try to keep up.
>>
>> And there you have it, folks. When a PC has two case fans its mocked
>> for its excessive need for cooling but when a Mac has nine case fans
>> its a sign of 'high refinement'. Maccie bigotry and detachment from
>> reality doesn't get much clearer than this.
>
>http://www.apple.com/powermac/design.html
>
>"Each of the four thermal zones is equipped with its own dedicated,
>low-speed fans. Apple engineered seven of the nine fans to spin at very
>low speeds for minimum acoustic output. And Mac OS X constantly
>monitors component temperatures in each zone, dynamically adjusting
>individual fan speeds to the appropriate levels for the quietest
>possible operation."
>
>Which PC does this?
I've seen PCs with dynamic fan speed adjustment, in fact I think you
can buy these fans in kit form--plus, graphic cards now use them. But
since I don't know of a PC with NINE fans I can't really answer your
question.
When it was stated in this newsgroup that these fans probably ran slow
in order to be reasonably quiet, I recall some mindless Mac zealot
challenging this obvious point, but I don't remember who. This is
confirmation that he was wrong, at any rate.
Oh, and "engineered...fans to spin at very low speeds". Yeah, sounds
great. It means, "we ran them slower and they made less noise".
Which is the case with all quiet fans. By the way fans are much less
effective the slower their speed. I hope no one here needs to be told
this but you never know.
>In article <eimfgvs9nn4u2i8oa9t2fscimqmcssl9v2[at]4ax.com>,
> Mayor of R'lyeh <ev515o[at]hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 06 Jul 2003 03:51:59 -0400, Trevor Zion Bauknight
>> <trevzb[at]comcast.net> chose to bless us with the following wisdom:
>>
>> >In article <BGONa.46209$926.4961[at]sccrnsc03>,
>> > "Harvey Louzon" <rabbit272[at]comcast.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >> What a joke. When intel systems were running hot the mac idiots
>> >> were laughing about it. Now this piece of shit mac G5 has NINE
>> >> cooling fans!!
>> >>
>> >> You're going to need a refrigerator for this piece of crap.
>> >
>> >Actually, you're not. The nine fans are slow-moving and reflect a
>> >high degree of refinement in the machine's industrial design.
>> >Please try to keep up.
>>
>> And there you have it, folks. When a PC has two case fans its mocked
>> for its excessive need for cooling but when a Mac has nine case fans
>> its a sign of 'high refinement'. Maccie bigotry and detachment from
>> reality doesn't get much clearer than this.
>
>http://www.apple.com/powermac/design.html
>
>"Each of the four thermal zones is equipped with its own dedicated,
>low-speed fans. Apple engineered seven of the nine fans to spin at very
>low speeds for minimum acoustic output. And Mac OS X constantly
>monitors component temperatures in each zone, dynamically adjusting
>individual fan speeds to the appropriate levels for the quietest
>possible operation."
>
>Which PC does this?
I've seen PCs with dynamic fan speed adjustment, in fact I think you
can buy these fans in kit form--plus, graphic cards now use them. But
since I don't know of a PC with NINE fans I can't really answer your
question.
When it was stated in this newsgroup that these fans probably ran slow
in order to be reasonably quiet, I recall some mindless Mac zealot
challenging this obvious point, but I don't remember who. This is
confirmation that he was wrong, at any rate.
Oh, and "engineered...fans to spin at very low speeds". Yeah, sounds
great. It means, "we ran them slower and they made less noise".
Which is the case with all quiet fans. By the way fans are much less
effective the slower their speed. I hope no one here needs to be told
this but you never know.