9 Jun
2005
9 Jun
'05
7:44 a.m.
Rumor has it that Paul Koning may have mentioned these words:
Damn, Jay... shoot me now. I tried as long as I could to stay out of
this... :-/
Just ask my Dual Athlon MP -- 4 years old, and my Apple friend begrudgingly
admits that the hardware is *more* bulletproof than his.
Oh, and don't ask him about *both* of his Dual G5's that he had to send
back to Apple for a full refund as they were unstable as get-all.
[ He still loves his iMac and iBook, tho. Personally, with the exception
that Apple forgot 2 buttons for the pointing device, the laptop impressed
me, too. They still don't have the battery life of my Crusoe based laptop,
let alone my Model 200! ]
>>>> "Eric" == Eric Smith <eric at brouhaha.com> writes:
> So what was the purpose of your reply, then,
if you have no
> interest in either Windows or Mac? In my case, the whole reason I
> went with Mac is to keep Windows off my desktop and because I
> think Apple has superior hardware engineering to a whitebox PC.
Eric> Than an average whitebox PC, quite probably. But if you choose
Eric> components for your whitebox PC carefully, I think you can get
Eric> stuff significantly better than what Apple makes, ... Not likely. Part of the magic is in the packaging.
You *cannot* get
the cooling & packaging of Mac Mini in a PC of any kind, nor the
cooling & packaging of the Power G5.
Please don't make blanket statements before doing the research.
http://www.hushtechnologies.com/start.html
They've been around a lot longer than the Mini...
There's even a silent PC review site:
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article151-page1.html
If you want to see something totally disgusting [yet somewhat ontopic]
http://www.mini-itx.com/news/67432668/
A retailer specializing in super-quiet PCs, with decent prices:
http://www.logicsupply.com/
Oh, and my Shuttle PCs, whilst not completely fanless, are rather quiet.
These people made the Mini, even before the Mini:
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT8574944925.html
Almost 4 years ago!
Yes, you could replicate that in a PC *if* you do your
own mechanical
work. But if you want to use off the shelf building blocks, you can't
get there from here.
See above, especially the logicsupply site. Pffft.
Google's an amazing thing, eh?
Again, apologies to the list & all, but blanket statements bother me.
Totally frelling incorrect blanket statements I can't just let pass by.
Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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