On 8/1/01 at 6:39 AM -0300, John A. Ardelli wrote:
> On Wednesday, August 1, 2001, at 01:39 AM, Alex Santos wrote:
>
> > I have an imac 333Mhz and I do not need to plug in a mic because the
> > mic is
> > the little slot in the centre face above the screen. But I suppose
> > you can
> > use an external mic.
>
> Yes, you can, and it is better to do so. The built-in mic in the
> iMac picks up all the hard drive and fan noise. An external mic
> wouldn't. So I guess it all depends what quality of sould you're
> looking for.
>
> - John A. Ardelli
Have you heard this hard drive noise? What does it sound like after the
built-in microphone picks it up?
Interestingly, the internal microphone never seems to pick up the fan noise
on the older iMacs, which is certainly more audible than the drive. I
would have thought that the engineers at Apple would have considered such a
disturbance...
John at Wood-n-Shavings, Inc.
San Antonio, Texas
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