The iMac has no internal fan. Thus the paste. Users aren't going to be opening that part of the box anyway, as all user-servicable bits are behind the hatch.
Actually, if you would have read the manual linked in the parent post, you would have seen the fairly large fan on page 43 related to the power supply.
To be fair, I did state that opening the access hatch did not require adding paste, and that most users wouldn't need to open the case.
But let me say how nice it would be to have the audio connections in a convenient place up front. It bugs the hell out of me to have to reach behind my PC, which is a mess of wires.
From page 15:
Important: Whenever the logic board is removed, you must install new thermal pads to
three surfaces (as shown above). Failure to apply these pads could cause the computer to
overheat and possibly damage the internal components. Continue with the procedure
below.
Looks like if you do any major snooping inside the case, you will run into quite a few heat-related items to replace before putting your system back together.
While this looks like a pain for people doing anything more than RAM/wireless additions, it does point to some neat heat dissipation techniques in the new iMac - and most users won't ever run into this anyway.
Did anyone else notice that if you open up the bottom of the unit for service, you have to reapply thermal paste to prevent excess heat from damaging components? That is the first case I have ever seen where opening it requires adding more thermal paste.
Granted, it doesn't require more paste if you only open the hatch to the RAM and wireless card, but it does if you actually open the case itself.
See page 12 in the manual:
Replacement Note: Whenever the bottom housing is opened for service, you must clean
and reapply thermal paste to the surfaces joining the thermal interface layer. Failure to
reapply this paste could cause the computer to overheat and possibly damage the internal
components. Refer to the next topic, "Thermal Paste Application" for detailed information.
Since Slashdot rejected this story, I will post it here.
There is a related item reported in the LA Times about a bill being introduced to amend the DMCA - which will allow for consumers to copy digital works without running afoul of the law.
BTW, I don't know if it's technically possible with DVDs, but I'd like to see some system wherein you can watch the movie either with or without the added scenes.
Yes, it is possible and was done for The Abyss. You could watch either the theatrical version or the editor's cut by choosing one or the other from the main menu.
My fiancee didn't find a wedding invitation until a week before the wedding
What kind of person sends a wedding invitation as an e-mail? These are supposed to be fancy, formal cards with multiple envelopes and calligraphy. Whomever sent that to you must have been a total geek.
Oh, wait - this is Slashdot. Never mind - carry on.
(as a suggestion, you could set up your mail program to route important e-mails to an "Important" folder based on the sender's address - shouldn't take more than a few minutes of your time and will save you some hassles)
With the exception of the flashing "Talk to Us" icon, I don't see anything about his pages worth complaining about. They have a relatively simple layout and are still loading fairly quickly as of this posting.
No, no, no - I said it would be hard to find a good one given what little school districts can afford to pay, not that it would hard to find one in general.
I'd much rather have had access to many many multimedia presentations like my children will have, than to have sat through all those horrible tape and filmstrip nightmares of my youth.
I'd much rather watch those filmstrips than sit through YAPP (yet another PowerPoint presentation), which is what passes for multimedia in most classrooms today.
Often, schools do not have their own sysadmin at every single campus. They sometimes have ONE sysadmin that has to cover all of the campuses in the district. This means they will not have time for every little thing.
Also, if you have seen what they pay sysadmins in many districts, you will know that it could be quite difficult to hire a good admin that knows Linux as well as MS or whatever.
I'm not saying to give up hope; I'm just putting more light on the situation.
They're gonna except anything that's slightly related to it for the next 2 days!
I know I would like it if they would except anything else about the movie for the next two days - then I wouldn't have to read even more media coverage about it.
You have hard data showing they sell more GC's than PS2's or Xbox's? I would like to see that. They may sell more GC's than any other single retailer, but that doesn't mean that they don't sell huge volumes of PS2's or Xbox's alongside the GC's.
True, BUT... last night I saw a Wal-Mart commercial pushing the PS2. Wal-Mart is a huge seller of virtually everything, not just the GC. So, since they sell all three consoles and are currently pushing the PS2 in ads, it would stand to reason that the PS2 numbers would also increase with a count from Wal-Mart. (so would Xbox, for that matter)
Your statement that the numbers aren't close to correct is accurate, but the implication that more GC's have been sold than the others simply because Wal-Mart wasn't taken into account may not be accurate. Wal-Mart likely also sold very large numbers of the other consoles.
So does this compete in the market with zip disks, cd-r's, floppy disks, clik! disks, and portable usb hard drives? seems like a pretty tight market to me...
Yes, because it does not require a drive at every computer just to access the media.
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WinZip is able to open the file, which contains a pdf version of the draft manual for the new iMac.
The iMac has no internal fan. Thus the paste. Users aren't going to be opening that part of the box anyway, as all user-servicable bits are behind the hatch.
Actually, if you would have read the manual linked in the parent post, you would have seen the fairly large fan on page 43 related to the power supply.
To be fair, I did state that opening the access hatch did not require adding paste, and that most users wouldn't need to open the case.
But let me say how nice it would be to have the audio connections in a convenient place up front. It bugs the hell out of me to have to reach behind my PC, which is a mess of wires.
Sounds like you could use something like this.
From page 15:
Important: Whenever the logic board is removed, you must install new thermal pads to
three surfaces (as shown above). Failure to apply these pads could cause the computer to
overheat and possibly damage the internal components. Continue with the procedure
below.
Looks like if you do any major snooping inside the case, you will run into quite a few heat-related items to replace before putting your system back together.
While this looks like a pain for people doing anything more than RAM/wireless additions, it does point to some neat heat dissipation techniques in the new iMac - and most users won't ever run into this anyway.
Did anyone else notice that if you open up the bottom of the unit for service, you have to reapply thermal paste to prevent excess heat from damaging components? That is the first case I have ever seen where opening it requires adding more thermal paste.
Granted, it doesn't require more paste if you only open the hatch to the RAM and wireless card, but it does if you actually open the case itself.
See page 12 in the manual:
Replacement Note: Whenever the bottom housing is opened for service, you must clean
and reapply thermal paste to the surfaces joining the thermal interface layer. Failure to
reapply this paste could cause the computer to overheat and possibly damage the internal
components. Refer to the next topic, "Thermal Paste Application" for detailed information.
Since Slashdot rejected this story, I will post it here.
There is a related item reported in the LA Times about a bill being introduced to amend the DMCA - which will allow for consumers to copy digital works without running afoul of the law.
LA Times Story
Except for .Net being a platform and not an OS, your point is well taken. Antivirus companies creating viruses would not be at all surprising.
IANAL, but you should be protected in the US by the little law against self-incrimination. I plead the fifth, your honor.
It's nice how you can now technically say "Microsoft, convicted felons" and be correct.
Umm, well, not really, at least not in the legal sense. They were the subject of a civil trial, not a criminal one.
BTW, I don't know if it's technically possible with DVDs, but I'd like to see some system wherein you can watch the movie either with or without the added scenes.
Yes, it is possible and was done for The Abyss. You could watch either the theatrical version or the editor's cut by choosing one or the other from the main menu.
If they want to sell all of their inventions / code, then they should lose their tax-exempt not-for-profit status.
My mistake - overlooked the one-word snail notice as I wasn't expecting to be reading about junk postal mail in a spam mail thread.
:-)
Apologies for the response, (sincerely) but your original post was OT anyway and lead to my mistake.
My fiancee didn't find a wedding invitation until a week before the wedding
What kind of person sends a wedding invitation as an e-mail? These are supposed to be fancy, formal cards with multiple envelopes and calligraphy. Whomever sent that to you must have been a total geek.
Oh, wait - this is Slashdot. Never mind - carry on.
(as a suggestion, you could set up your mail program to route important e-mails to an "Important" folder based on the sender's address - shouldn't take more than a few minutes of your time and will save you some hassles)
With the exception of the flashing "Talk to Us" icon, I don't see anything about his pages worth complaining about. They have a relatively simple layout and are still loading fairly quickly as of this posting.
No, no, no - I said it would be hard to find a good one given what little school districts can afford to pay, not that it would hard to find one in general.
Check your own facts before making snide remarks.
I'd much rather have had access to many many multimedia presentations like my children will have, than to have sat through all those horrible tape and filmstrip nightmares of my youth.
I'd much rather watch those filmstrips than sit through YAPP (yet another PowerPoint presentation), which is what passes for multimedia in most classrooms today.
Often, schools do not have their own sysadmin at every single campus. They sometimes have ONE sysadmin that has to cover all of the campuses in the district. This means they will not have time for every little thing.
Also, if you have seen what they pay sysadmins in many districts, you will know that it could be quite difficult to hire a good admin that knows Linux as well as MS or whatever.
I'm not saying to give up hope; I'm just putting more light on the situation.
Simple solution - optical mice.
They're gonna except anything that's slightly related to it for the next 2 days!
I know I would like it if they would except anything else about the movie for the next two days - then I wouldn't have to read even more media coverage about it.
:-)
Precisely, which means that a Wal-Mart count wouldn't necessarily swing the numbers in GC's favor, which was my point.
His point that they sell more Ninetendo than other retailers is still valid in and of itself.
You have hard data showing they sell more GC's than PS2's or Xbox's? I would like to see that. They may sell more GC's than any other single retailer, but that doesn't mean that they don't sell huge volumes of PS2's or Xbox's alongside the GC's.
True, BUT... last night I saw a Wal-Mart commercial pushing the PS2. Wal-Mart is a huge seller of virtually everything, not just the GC. So, since they sell all three consoles and are currently pushing the PS2 in ads, it would stand to reason that the PS2 numbers would also increase with a count from Wal-Mart. (so would Xbox, for that matter)
Your statement that the numbers aren't close to correct is accurate, but the implication that more GC's have been sold than the others simply because Wal-Mart wasn't taken into account may not be accurate. Wal-Mart likely also sold very large numbers of the other consoles.
So does this compete in the market with zip disks, cd-r's, floppy disks, clik! disks, and portable usb hard drives? seems like a pretty tight market to me...
Yes, because it does not require a drive at every computer just to access the media.
Except that the article linked to says they do not require drivers....
but you still may be able to disable the USB access.
Here is the information you are looking for.