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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>
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On 20 ao=FBt 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 =20
> 700mhz machine that I picked up for cheap (for sale now, if anyone =20
> is interested), but my home office is now occupied by a long-term =20
> guest that isn't willing to deal with the quite loud sound that it =20
> produces. 4x700 is certainly way more than I need, but I couldn't =20
> pass it up at the price-point.
../..
> Any other ideas?

You might want to take a look at Intel's roadmap. In the yonah =20
family, Intel is about to release (if not done already) 2 very low =20
Watt dual core processors : http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?=20
newsid=3D3380
You can find some motherboards for the yonah now, and it's likely =20
that people making silent PC with Pentium M will release silent PC =20
with Yonah.


patpro



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