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From: lyang%scherzo@Sun.COM (Larry Yang)
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Subject: Re: Leaving a Mac on 24hrs
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Date: Thu, 20-Aug-87 18:14:04 EDT
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In article <4042@utai.UUCP> dudek@ai.UUCP (Gregory Dudek) writes:
>   I've been leaving my Mac+ on 24hrs since I got it about a
>year ago with now problems.  It's not even in an air conditioned room.

I'm not so convinced that leaving a Mac on all the time is such a good 
idea.  I own a Mac+, and after even a few hours of operation, the
side of the mac (the side with the analog board) feels *very* hot.  I'm
not convinced that the Mac's thermal design was done very well; I know
that Steve Jobs dictated the 'computers should be seen and not heard' 
philosophy, and so not having a fan was one of the first decision the
designers made.  I've heard of Macs going down hard with just one of
those tiny vents blocked.

Being concerned about riding on the thermal edge like that, I 
bought a fan for it.  Now it operates at a much more comfortable temperature.
(Comfortable for my peace of mind, that is.)  I've seen many flaky Macs; I didn't 
want to give mine any reason to flake out, too.

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