Quiet Power Mac?

That may be possible with a thermo-electric cooling device like the one created by Active Cool described in this PC World article. It says in part "The AC4G cooling system from Active Cool is said to maintain CPU temperatures at 72 degrees even during processor-intensive operations and result in significantly lower CPU fan noise. The company claims that users can install the $120 product in less than 90 seconds in any PC that uses at least an Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor." The device is a heat pump attached to a heat sink with a fan on top. There is no reason why it has to be PC specific. The device is scheduled to hit the third party market in January. [Dana Baggett]

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