At 11/19/02 9:43 PM -0500, Charles Martin wrote:
>And there is the real possibility that some "batches" of eMacs may have
>a louder fan than others. I've seen this myself in the new "Wind
>Tunnel" G4s. I've also seen a batch of eMacs with bad video cards (bad
>out of the box). Such production problems are usually corrected quickly
>at the factory but the owner of the "lemon" machine is highly reliant
>on Apple's (usually excellent) customer service or the merchant to
>resolve his issue.
>
>All the eMacs I've seen at various installations and stores seem to be
>pretty quiet, but they are usually in noisy environments. I recently
>put three of them in a class I was teaching and they were pretty quiet
>(noisier than iMacs, but less noisy than the Tower I was using for the
>class).
Hi Chas, Macers:
I've wondered if the combination of optical drive/hard
drive/processor used in particular eMacs would have any bearing on
the amount of noise produced by the fan. Like would an eMac with a
SuperDrive/60GB HD/800MHz produce more heat and therefore need a
faster/noiser fan than say a Combo Drive/40GB HD/700MHz eMac?
I've read about the monitor problem that some owners have
experienced, and combined with the noise levels that others have
experienced has made me a bit hesitant towards deciding to get one.
Maybe I'd be better off waiting until the eMac line is revised. What
I'd really like to see Apple do is come out with an economical model
of Mac that would have limited expandability like the iMac/eMac, but
use a separate monitor. That would be cool. I also know that it's not
gonna happen.
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Regards,
Allen
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