My computer is fairly quiet and it's not even all that new. Sometimes the CD drive will make a bit of noise though. My old 486 is a bit more noisy (actually noticeable under most normal conditions), but what made it really bad was sometimes the CD-ROM drive would vibrate really bad.
By the way, iMacs are totally quiet either. My friend has an iMac and its CD drive vibrates worse, from time to time, than either of my PCs and it makes a ton of noise.
Heck, you could carry all of this on even further and say that cellular/pager (and regular phone I suppose) companies should be held liable for all of the illegal activities they allow to be conducted. A cell phone is a drug dealer's tool, it's also a legit businessman's. The same can be said of Napster, it all depends on how it is used; you can't really blame the company that makes it.
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My computer is fairly quiet and it's not even all that new. Sometimes the CD drive will make a bit of noise though. My old 486 is a bit more noisy (actually noticeable under most normal conditions), but what made it really bad was sometimes the CD-ROM drive would vibrate really bad.
By the way, iMacs are totally quiet either. My friend has an iMac and its CD drive vibrates worse, from time to time, than either of my PCs and it makes a ton of noise.
Heck, you could carry all of this on even further and say that cellular/pager (and regular phone I suppose) companies should be held liable for all of the illegal activities they allow to be conducted. A cell phone is a drug dealer's tool, it's also a legit businessman's. The same can be said of Napster, it all depends on how it is used; you can't really blame the company that makes it.
I just voted and linux games is at 48% with mac games in the lead at 50%. Nothing else is even close really.