-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Oakley wrote: > Matthew Daubney wrote: >> Kris Douglas wrote: >>> On Feb 12, 2008 2:45 PM, Matthew Daubney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> concerned about laptops, heat and dust. I might just buy a cheap case >>>> and some fans and try and fit the laptop guts into that when the time >>> it as it is, as the cooling in laptops is based around the air entry >>> and exit points, just as it is on thin servers and desktops, in one >>> end and out the other.. >> Ah well, maybe I'll win the lottery and be able to buy my own rack mount > > In 2002, I ran a small company that installed computers for THIS lot: > > http://www.farmingtonnaturalstone.co.uk > > ie. A QUARRY. Doesn't get more dusty than that. > > My answer wasn't fancy cases or rack-mounting. My answer was bog > standard cases with 5 quids' worth of kitchen cooker hood filter! Cut to > size and velcro over the *inside* of the air intake grilles. We used > Velcro to make it easy to replace the filters; we replaced them every 3 > months, but then it was a limestone quarry, so in a loft you could > probably get away with once per year. > > You can get cooker hood filters from Currys or Comet. Five quid will buy > you about one and a half square metres of the stuff. A typical PC will > only require about fifty square centimetres. >
That's........ very intelligent. I hadn't thought of that. Shall keep it in mind for the future! Thanks a lot :-) - -Matt Daubney -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHshdBFCCtWdXdKqERAhCeAJ0X0eCvWZwWiGOxlVJXZnWrSe8fTQCePwSh LcezG1JTvhmYMZMa9Q9Ycac= =NGNB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
