Hendrik Jan Veenstra <h@...> wrote: >>> Get an old refrigerator. >>> Put your Mac inside it >>> and close the door. >> >>LOL...giving new meaning to the word "Freeze". > >Well, upon reading this at first I had to laugh as well. But >wouldn't it be an extremly feasible and practical solution? I mean, >just set the fridge to 10 C, and be done with it. Why not? Condensation. > A fridge >makes less noise than some computer fans (I think -- long time since >I consciously listened to my fridge), and sure is a lot cheaper than >those ridiculous $1000 solutions... I think (hope) the original poster was not suggesting that the fridge be switched on. Regards, M

On a fine day, 03-03-2003, Murray McDowall wrote: >Hendrik Jan Veenstra <h@...> wrote: >>>> Get an old refrigerator. >>>> Put your Mac inside it >>>> and close the door. >>> >>>LOL...giving new meaning to the word "Freeze". >> >>Well, upon reading this at first I had to laugh as well. But >>wouldn't it be an extremly feasible and practical solution? I mean, >>just set the fridge to 10 C, and be done with it. Why not? > >Condensation. Ah... <slaps forehead> Yes... thanks for putting my brain in gear again... Pity, as it would have been... uhm... a 'cool' idea... > > A fridge >>makes less noise than some computer fans (I think -- long time since >>I consciously listened to my fridge), and sure is a lot cheaper than >>those ridiculous $1000 solutions... > >I think (hope) the original poster was not suggesting that the fridge be >switched on. No, that was my idea. Hey, sometimes I _do_ have an original thought... :-)) -- Hendrik Jan Veenstra <h@...> Omega Art: http://www.omega-art.com

>On a fine day, 03-03-2003, Murray McDowall wrote: > >>Hendrik Jan Veenstra <h@...> wrote: >>>>> Get an old refrigerator. >>>>> Put your Mac inside it >>>>> and close the door. >>>> >>>>LOL...giving new meaning to the word "Freeze". >>> >>>Well, upon reading this at first I had to laugh as well. But >>>wouldn't it be an extremly feasible and practical solution? I mean, >>>just set the fridge to 10 C, and be done with it. Why not? >> >>Condensation. > >Ah... <slaps forehead> Yes... thanks for putting my brain in gear >again... Pity, as it would have been... uhm... a 'cool' idea... Don't give up so easily there dood. Condensation happens on what we technicians "cold things". CPUs are what we technicians call "hot things". After all that's why we talk about cooling them in the first place. Now it is true that some parts of the fridge might be prone to condensation a little thoughtful organization of the elements could easily keep the condensation off of the sensitive parts the designers of refrigerators and refrigeration units have after all been refining that stuff for about 100 years now and have gotten pretty good at it. Can be done you just have to realize that it must be done.

Murray McDowall <murraymc@...> writes: >I think (hope) the original poster was not suggesting >that the fridge be switched on. For the original poster's sake, I hope he was indeed suggesting that the fridge be switched on. How else is it going to serve the purpose of keeping things cool? Stick your computer and hard drive(s) in a non-working fridge and they'd go into thermal shutdown after an hour or so. f-erenc szabo, smarty pants Z+E+R+O+B+E+A+T "NOW POWERED BY THE MIRACLE OF THE TRANSISTOR!"