| Stephen Gran on 11 May 2007 18:58:19 -0000 |
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On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 02:44:46PM -0400, Jeff Abrahamson said: > Anyone have any experience with small (e.g., fanless like some of the > new Macs), small form factor (e.g., Shuttle, Mac Mini, etc.) boxes > that run linux? I have a shuttle, a mac mini, and another that has a VIA Nehemiah and is entirely fanless (the shuttle and the mac minis both have fans, but pretty decently quiet ones). They are mostly great, although there are some heat issues from being crammed in a small case. Mac minis also have pretty bad disk I/O, due to having laptop drives. The shuttles have a slightly wonky CPU fan that rattles loose in a year or two and ceases to be as quiet, although it's still not as loud as a normal PC. The shuttle power supplies also tend to blow a little prematurely, due to overheating and the fan bearing seizing (2 for 2 so far). I suggest an external power supply for these sorts of small quiet machines - the mac mini and the VIA both have one, and they show no signs of having issues. > I'm interested in any experiences, anecdotes, or purchase suggestions > to complement my googling. If you're not looking for speed daemons, then they Just Work(TM). I am a big fan of the small and quiet computer (probably because I have a bunch running in my office all the time). -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Stephen Gran | The First Rule of Program Optimization: | | steve@lobefin.net | Don't do it. The Second Rule of | | http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | Program Optimization (for experts | | | only!): Don't do it yet. -- Michael | | | Jackson | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment:
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