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Posted by: rabindranath72 on 2013-09-22 05:28:41
Hi,
which of the Macintosh models (apart from the 128, 512, 512e and Plus) worked without needing a fan?
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Posted by: Trash80toHP_Mini on 2013-09-22 07:17:56
Those are the only ones AFAIK. Dunno about the 2400, but even PowerBooks needed fans when they switched over to PCI architecture.
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Posted by: finkmac on 2013-09-22 07:36:55
Slot-load iMacs don't have fans, but they do have hard disks and optical drives.
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Posted by: bibilit on 2013-09-22 09:03:14
Early Powerbooks are fanless.
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Posted by: volvo242gt on 2013-09-22 18:15:52
Aren't we forgetting about the G4 cube? IIRC, that machine didn't have a fan. It did have a hard drive and optical drive, though.
-J
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Posted by: LCGuy on 2013-09-28 02:14:38
PCI PowerBooks have a fan, but it only comes on very, very rarely. I've never heard the fan in my Wallstreet spin up, and I've only heard my TiBook's spin up a couple of times.
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Posted by: beachycove on 2013-09-28 06:56:38
No fan in the 2400c.
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Posted by: RickNel on 2013-09-28 16:38:11
I've only heard my TiBook's spin up a couple of times Glad to hear that. I've used mine for about a year and never heard the fan - thought it might be faulty. The area under the power intake gets too hot for lap-comfort though, while charging.
Rick
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Posted by: mcdermd on 2013-09-28 23:31:42
No fan in the 2400c. One of my favorite 'Books I own. If for nothing else, then simply for it's mustachioed mouse clicker.
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Posted by: Strimkind on 2013-09-29 00:30:44
IIRC all LC pizza box models were fanless.
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Posted by: LCGuy on 2013-09-29 02:11:35
Negative - all LCs had fans. From the original LC through to the 475. Same with all AIO LCs.
Theoretically, you probably could get away with removing the fan from an LC with no HDD, but I wouldn't recommend it. As it is the fans they used are very, very quiet.
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Posted by: paws on 2013-09-29 11:28:33
I've run an LCIII fanless before. Wrote an essay for uni on it (c. 2008) so it ran for 8-12h per day for a week or so. No trouble.
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