Re: hardware for macppc

[Greg Thomas <getbsd@sbcglobal.net>]

I have an Ultra 1 that's whisper quiet.  Don't ask me about my G4 Quicksilver 2002, though.  It's freakin' LOUD!
 
Greg

Diana Eichert <deichert@wrench.com> wrote:
On Sun, 1 Feb 2004, Marco Peereboom wrote:
SNIP
> That is very fixable by replacing the old crummy IDE drive that comes 
> standard. Get a more modern drive that has a silence function and the 
> noise levels become very acceptable. I did that to both of mine.
> 
> Nothing is louder than my Cisco hub though ;-)
> 
> Go arm!! I can't wait for this puppy to be ready. Should be very 
> portable to embedded systems :-)

Uhh Marco, I said Ultra 2, that would be SCSI and the noise is definitely
power supply fan noise, not hard drive, though the SCSI drive does
contribute to the noise level.

g.day