How Neuros Built Their Nearly Silent HTPC 199
JoeBorn writes "Neuros has a blog posting discussing how they created their latest 'thin' HTPC to be nearly silent. Instead of using a net-top architecture (Atom or the like) they used a full 2.7GHz CPU and put their effort into making that nearly silent. The article talks about their efforts on fan selection, placement, control, and vibration dampening. This route was chosen to 'give more headroom' for CPU-hungry apps (web and otherwise) including Adobe Flash. Their solution costs $279; is this an appropriate trade-off for a device powering your TV?"
Damping, not dampening. (Score:5, Funny)
silent HTPC and silent site (Score:5, Funny)
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- it's so silent, nobody can hear it scream.
Re:Oops (Score:4, Funny)
Hah, the coral cache has cached the error!
Re:Damping, not dampening. (Score:5, Funny)
My good sir,
I request more information on these devices called "vibrators" and how they may become dampened. A quick search through the literature seems to suggest that the female of the human species uses it a kind of cleaning device. I give you my sincerest thanks in advance.
John C. Cluelessicus
Director of Research into the female sex,
Local Dungeons and Dragons fan club
Re:Damping, not dampening. (Score:2, Funny)
Judging by the style of writing I expected the signature to read:
Dildongo Longo
Central sperm bank of Nigeria
Re:Damping, not dampening. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:RTFA (Score:3, Funny)
It's part of their power-saving plans.