[Discuss] noise

[Daniel M. German]

Actually this will be interesting not for its noise reduction (I think
the gain is not that great) but for the ability to use the laptop in
vibrating environments.

While I was in Europe I took trains regularly (sometimes 3.5 hrs
rides). I have always worried about the hard disk so I did not use my
laptop. Having a laptop with no hard disk would make it perfect for
this.

Perhaps I'll try this on my old X20. It will make it the perfect
companion on my (bus) trips to Vancouver.

dmg

 David> Daniel M. German wrote:
 Nav> I've been running a small lab (~40 workstations) of GX280s at UVic for
 Nav> approx. two years, and I really like the machines now. As previously
 Nav> mentioned, they are SUPER quiet. I walk into a room of over 20
 Nav> computers and it seems quieter than my single AMD XP 1900+ machine at
 Nav> home.
 >> 
 >> Dell is very good at this. This is my silence ranking, for the
 >> computers I work with:
 >> 
 >> * Apple Mini. This machine is _silent_
 >> 
 >> * Typical laptop with good harddrive and no internal fan (I can hear
 >> the disk in the laptop, perhaps it is proximity)
 >> 
 David> I'm going to be experimenting with something interesting in this 
 David> regard... CF->IDE adapters, and high speed compact flash cards. This 
 David> would eliminate the remaining noise in my laptop, as there would be no 
 David> moving parts at all.

 David> Testbed is going to be my IBM T23. Should be an interesting experiment.

 David> David

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