Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 09:22:36 +0200 From: Patrick Proniewski <patpro@patpro.net> To: David King <dking@ketralnis.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Quiet computer Message-ID: <8D369445-A8AD-4380-846A-0EAA7BEC8AFF@patpro.net> In-Reply-To: <666B2D6C-1D72-480D-A286-4619A239EE5B@ketralnis.com> References: <3692C07B-CCCC-4756-9B33-6DA724481FF2@ketralnis.com> <44E7D768.3030108@undermydesk.org> <666B2D6C-1D72-480D-A286-4619A239EE5B@ketralnis.com>
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On 20 août 06, at 08:36, David King wrote: >> You really need 2 cores then? > > Well, my 350 mhz machine *was* going to be replaced by a quad > 700mhz machine that I picked up for cheap (for sale now, if anyone > is interested), but my home office is now occupied by a long-term > guest that isn't willing to deal with the quite loud sound that it > produces. 4x700 is certainly way more than I need, but I couldn't > pass it up at the price-point. ../.. > Any other ideas? You might want to take a look at Intel's roadmap. In the yonah family, Intel is about to release (if not done already) 2 very low Watt dual core processors : http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx? newsid=3380 You can find some motherboards for the yonah now, and it's likely that people making silent PC with Pentium M will release silent PC with Yonah. patprohome | help
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