7 Oct
2011
7 Oct
'11
5:08 p.m.
On 07/10/11 12:59 PM, Josh Dersch wrote:
... The fan controller(s) in the first Macbook
Pro were set to almost *never* turn them on. The fans ran at extremely
low speeds even when the machine was baking your pants to your legs. I
picture this as another case of Jobs' "ideals vs. engineering" (see
also: Apple III, G4 Cube) -- "This thing needs to be silent!" ...
On the whole, he was right. Passive cooling was sufficient for the Lisa,
the original classic Mac, and the G4 Cube.
And people still hate fans. Apart from the noise, a 20c fan frequently
kills a $1000 computer or a $200 video card (thanks China!)
When critical cooling components can fail and destroy expensive parts
without warning, that's a serious design error.
--Toby