Oh, The Noise!
I’m not quite sure how my mother can stand it… the noise of her computer. That thing, built by my brother David, sounds like it’s about to launch into orbit. Now, my file server is a bit noisy, one of the reasons I’m thinking about moving it out of the office… but it has four hard drives in it… while they’re all fairly quiet, the noise is cumulative. Her computer is a hand me down, just like her monitor is… I think it’s time to change all of that.
I mentioned, vaguely, the idea of getting her a tiny computer to go with the LCD panel I’d probably be getting her for Christmas. She wasn’t totally enthusiastic, but… I guess she just doesn’t understand that computers don’t need to be huge and loud. My workstation is virtually silent, unless under heavy strain, then the fan speed increases. It is a bit warm, with only one fan… but I really think the six or so fans in her computer is overkill.
I took inventory of her system just a bit ago, it’s not terribly behind in technology, but it isn’t exactly cutting edge either. She has 512MB of memory, all the usual stuff basically, with an 80GB PATA drive.
Essentially, for $155 I could get her an AOpen EZ18, in either white or black without having to buy anything else — her cpu, ram, drive, etc, all fit in there without issue.
I think she’d like it… I’m sure it’d be considerably more quiet, smaller is always better, plus it would be much more visually appealing too. I think I might just get that for her birthday next month… and then the LCD for Christmas.
Oh, and it looks like Shuttle has released their SN26P barebones… I have little to no interest in SLI, but I really like the violet front panel, it looks so hot, haha.