On Fri, 1 Jun 2001, Derek Homeier wrote:
> I've recently heard the fan kick in for the first time ever on my Lombard > after I had left it in broad sunlight for about 1/2-1 hr. > It's actually rather loud ;-). > To be honest, I'm not sure if it was running MacOS X or Linux at that time, > but I'd just remark that it is probably not unusual at all for the fan to > never start up on a PB (though it should do so somewhat more often on > Pismos and especially TiBooks, from what I've heard, but those may all > have been reports from Arizona or California :o). > I'm also rather sure I have read on this list that it's not sw-operated, > but I can't give any technical documentation on that. The fan almost never somes on on my TiBook, under any OS. Actually I don't think it has ever come on under MacOS. Under Linux, it once came on when I did long compilation, and the book was sitting on a pillow. Dang that fan is loud. -jwb
