[ydl-gen] Google Earth on YDL 5.0

[Brian Wood]

On Mar 26, 2007, at 8:31 PM, Eric Dunbar wrote:

> On 26/03/07, Brian Wood <beww at bresnan.net> wrote:
>>
>> I've also read that some retail stores that are running PS3s all  
>> day are
>> starting to have thermal problems, but these are units in closed  
>> cabinets so
>> that's not too surprising.
>
> Wasn't that one of the reasons Apple cited for going with Intel chips?
> PPC chips simply were "too hot to handle" <groan> in terms of their
> power consumption (and, indirectly, heat production).

Yeah, the promised G5 notebook never materialized due to power and  
heat problems, and consequently battery life. My G5 iMac gets close  
to 180 degrees when working hard, and idles at around 125.


Brian Wood
beww at beww.org