[rescue] Apple Emac is Shit

[Amy]

On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Harri Haataja wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 03:44:50AM -0500, Bill Bradford wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 10:38:09AM +0200, William S. wrote:
> > > Is _cooling_ one of the problems inherent in the
> > > design of the eMac as opposed to the tower? cube?
> > The Cube's cooling isnt that great; its purely passive/convection.  I
> > have a 3" fan sitting on top of my cube blowing down into it; helps a
> > lot.
>
> Hm. why go against nature and blow air downward? Usually hot air is
> vented out from the top and I believe this is what "convection" there
> meant.

Because nature isn't always right? It keeps it cooler blowing the air down
vs. turning the fan over and having it convect upwards. We know, we tested
it both ways.

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