Martin Hoffmann
Just an old fart who thinks Macs should be Macs. Simply the best computers in the world, with the best OS on them.
Apple forgot that. Spreading from phones to tunes like butter over too much bread. Messing up quality. Getting infected with the WIntel virus. Shipping beta software. Losing apple keys on their way...
Guess someone has to remind them: Macs First. OK?
Ban the Fan! Silent computing - ignored by Apple?
- By Martin Hoffmann
- Published 08/28/2007
The majority of music productions is done on - Macs.
The majority of the more serious home users who like to have music and videos on their computer - have Macs.
Many of us use our Macs to read, write, do things that need inner peace and concentration. And silence.
But do we have silent Macs?
I mean really silent, and really Mac?
No.
Lots of creative and spiritual people have their inner Zen disturbed and raped by the harsh vibes of noisy fans, high-spinning harddrives, and more hissing fans from the graphics cards...
And by the way: this crap makes you sick on the long term. Permanent stress level. No good.
'key, the Mac Mini has no noisy fan. But a very well audible hard drive. And limited ressources. Does not count.
Does high profile computing and silent computing go together? You bet!
I do not talk about monstrous watercoolings with separate towers bigger than the computer itself...
Just intelligent engineering and great design.
Something we would expect to come first from Cupertino.
Look at these silent PeeCees that a small German company builds:
They are powerful. They are flexible. They even offer high-end SLI graphics. All passively cooled. Strictly no fans. Acoustically insulated hard drives. Not audible. Silent.
And still their midi towers look - - well, "ok", Apple could do better...
But the folks at Apple don't.
Even the new iMac, which is not an incredible powerhouse (exsp. not the graphics) - has TWO noisy fans. And no encapsulated hard drive.
So please, Steve - save my peace, my unity and the good vibes flowing from me to the universe and back.
Stop causing me pain in several parts of my body and soul with your noisy machines.
Be good.
Ban the Fan!
During your next keynote, I would love to hear NOTHING.
At least no unwanted noise coming from the new Macs and iMacs.
The majority of the more serious home users who like to have music and videos on their computer - have Macs.
Many of us use our Macs to read, write, do things that need inner peace and concentration. And silence.
But do we have silent Macs?
I mean really silent, and really Mac?
No.
Lots of creative and spiritual people have their inner Zen disturbed and raped by the harsh vibes of noisy fans, high-spinning harddrives, and more hissing fans from the graphics cards...
And by the way: this crap makes you sick on the long term. Permanent stress level. No good.
'key, the Mac Mini has no noisy fan. But a very well audible hard drive. And limited ressources. Does not count.
Does high profile computing and silent computing go together? You bet!
I do not talk about monstrous watercoolings with separate towers bigger than the computer itself...
Just intelligent engineering and great design.
Something we would expect to come first from Cupertino.
Look at these silent PeeCees that a small German company builds:
They are powerful. They are flexible. They even offer high-end SLI graphics. All passively cooled. Strictly no fans. Acoustically insulated hard drives. Not audible. Silent.
And still their midi towers look - - well, "ok", Apple could do better...
But the folks at Apple don't.
Even the new iMac, which is not an incredible powerhouse (exsp. not the graphics) - has TWO noisy fans. And no encapsulated hard drive.
So please, Steve - save my peace, my unity and the good vibes flowing from me to the universe and back.
Stop causing me pain in several parts of my body and soul with your noisy machines.
Be good.
Ban the Fan!
During your next keynote, I would love to hear NOTHING.
At least no unwanted noise coming from the new Macs and iMacs.