Fans yes, however the noise from the bloody hard drives can be deafening.
We've just removed 2 labs of 25 and replaced them with Compaq Evos and LCD
monitors and everyone has commented on how much quieter the labs are.

The eMacs are cheap at the moment due to the impending release of the G5
processor, but they are noisy, very heavy and awkward to carry.


[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 09:54, Chris Bayley wrote:
>> Now that my wifes destop has been comandeered for the IPCop box, I need 
>> to organise a replacement. I am aiming for a silent or fanless option 
>> since it lives in the bedroom
><heresy>
>The old iMac, the new iMac, and the eMacs are devoid of fans, IIRC. (If
>they do have fans, they are very quiet.)  You may be able to pick up an
>old iMac for a reasonable price and use it as a fairly grunty x-terminal
>(compared to a Sun 3/60 :).
>
>If you can get "education" status you will be able to pick up an eMac
>fairly cheep as well --- essentially a new iMac in an old iMac case.
></heresy>
>
>-- 
>Michael JasonSmith      http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~mpj17/
>



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