Ultra-quiet PCs

[andrewducker]

I've currently got the Eee plugged into my monitor, keyboard and mouse. This gives me an entirely silent desktop experience for the first time _ever_.

I think my next proper desktop is going to have to be as close to solid state and passively cooled as I can manage...

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[call-waiting.livejournal.com]

I used to harbour dreams of building a very, very quiet desktop machine. Before that, I really, really wanted an xtelly (... um. By which I mean a diskless X terminal, because apparently the term 'xtelly' is referenced only two places on the entire internet, but I swear I didn't make it up...).

But in the end, I've ended up preferring laptops over desktops, which have a tendency to be very, very quiet anyway. Which is why it irks me so that the 80G laptop drive I've had since '95 is annoyingly loud and whiny.

Nonetheless, time_for_tea's system with its Reserator is really incredibly impressive...

[andrewducker]

You can get them for lightweight use:
http://www.tranquilpc-shop.co.uk/acatalog/Puppy.html