[ydl-gen] quid ps3 linux after 2012 - addendum

[Jim Hart]

Maybe Intel has pulled off a coup. I just read, today, about their  
new 3-D chips. Supposedly they'll require less power and, therefore,  
run cooler. I wait, hopefully, for the next silent computer. :-)

Jim

On Apr 30, 2011, at 12:53 PM, Robert Spykerman wrote:

> 2011/4/28 Jim Hart <jhart at bates.edu>
> I'd like to weigh in here, if I may. The Intel designs have one  
> very major drawback...heat. Which implies noise! I've been working  
> off and on for over a year to locate inexpensive parts to build the  
> functional (but hardly aesthetic) equivalent of my beloved G4 Cube.  
> The fan-less CPU cooler, alone, weighs nearly as much and is nearly  
> as large as the Cube, and cost $75 on e-Bay. The cost of the rest  
> of the parts that I've found is still over $1600, which I can 't  
> afford. So, yes, cheap Intel-based systems are available. But they  
> aren't quiet, never mind silent. (I recommend that anyone spends  
> some time in a soundproof room and notice what happens physically  
> and emotionally. The constant noise in our world causes stress and  
> tension that we don't recognize because it's always there.)
>
> So, anything that will keep my Cube(s) going is welcome.
> ....snip....
> Regards to all,
>
> The heat you complain of is inevitable as chips generally get more  
> complex and is not an intel problem exclusively.
>
> However, there are low power alternatives - I think that you can  
> get a relatively quiet intel system that would probably be probably  
> give you about the same oomph or more than your G4 cube. Have you  
> looked at Atoms? They aren't top of the line performance-wise but  
> I'm guessing they would be good enough if you're happy with the G4.
>
> Or for more $$$ perhaps a macbook air. I hear they are quiet and  
> run cool too.
>
> Aesthetics? Can't argue with that. Keep your cube, it'll be a  
> collector's item if not so already.
>
> Don't get me wrong, I don't advocate intel/x86. It's just that at  
> this point in time, there is very little else. Maybe if more people  
> embrace ARM - this could happen given recent news. I wait but  
> somehow not too hopefully ;).
>
> Robert
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