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From: david@kessner.denver.co.us (David Kessner)
Subject: Re: How do I find a quiet computer?
Message-ID: <1991Apr18.213346.3560@kessner.denver.co.us>
Keywords: fan, hard disk, noise
Organization: Kessner, Inc.
References: <2666@lafcol.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 91 21:33:46 GMT

In article <2666@lafcol.UUCP> woolleyj@lafcol.UUCP (James Woolley) writes:
>I'm looking for a 386 or 386sx that's quiet. I'd be grateful for
>suggestions, or recommendations of things to look for. I've used a
>Gateway 386 and found its fan loud and its hard disk noisy, though
>perhaps a different hard drive would be quieter? I've also used a Zenith
>386-SX and had no complaints about the hard disk but have felt the fan
>could have been quieter. 
>
>Sometimes I walk into a colleague's office and can't carry on a quiet
>conversation because the computer is roaring! Surely there are solutions
>to this problem. 
>
>James Woolley, Lafayette College
>rutgers!lafcol!woolleyj  
>woolleyj@lafayett.bitnet
>woolleyj@lafvax.lafayette.edu

Buy an Ergo Brick.  They are small.  Don't have a fan.  And use the more
quiet 3.5" hard drives.  You can find their ads in most computer mag's.  
The only down side is that they arnt as expandable-- I wouldent try to 
put a 360meg HD in them...
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