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Quiet Desk (Not Desktop) PC

Posted by michael on from the have-reciprocating-saw-will-travel dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "Rusty took a wholly different approach to PC noise: he built his XP1900+ machine right into the desk! While it may not make the PC industry scramble to define a new *desk* (not desktop) form factor, Rusty's inventive techniques will surely have computer hardware enthusiasts poring over his fine work."

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  1. I had the same idea by Dynedain · · Score: 3, Troll

    I've been thinking about this for about 3 years now, just haven't had the time to do it.

    Powerswitches for components and lights along front edge, verical drawer for motherboard. Exentions of usb/audio/ps2/etc. ports to a panel on the top of the desk. Backlit round panel with a spoke jutting up for a cd spindle. "popup" removable media drives on the top surface (lift a hinged panel with the drive attached to the underside to insert disk).

    I wish I could see what this guy did to compare to my thoughts.

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  2. im impressed by seelet · · Score: 0, Troll

    the desk pc is setup really good. the only problem i see with this is (1)that took alot of time. (2)all that time spent on building the computer could have been spent smoking pot or drinking beer. (3)get a life.

  3. Re:Hot vibrating wood by tlon · · Score: 0, Troll

    Of course, for that matter, why would you want to operate on that shakey, combustible operating system? (It is running *Windows XP* after all... see the screen saver)