The quietest computer, least noisy

[MediaSlayer]

Hi, I saw this little apple desktop thing (it's popular)at the compter store it was tiny, the guy said it basically had laptop parts which was why it was so small. anyway, this computer looked like a good candidate for what i need.

i need an always on computer, preferably windows, but i will take an apple if i have to. the reason is my browser(myie2) has an alarm clock plug-in but if i keep the computer on all night, i can't fall asleep because the hard drive is doing things, the fan is noisy, ect...

any ideas or experiences?

[SnnY]

Is an alarm clock out of the question?

[Barbarossa]

^^^^ What he said.

Or use a mobile phone. Most of those have alarm functions.

[MediaSlayer]

It takes an army of different alarm clocks to wake me up in teh mornin' heh, and that's now. it was worse when i was an avid weed smoker.

my first alarm goes off at 2:20am

my second goes off at 3:45

my third goes off at 4:20

and the computer one would be my last it would go off about 4:40


@ barbie, my third alarm IS my phone one

[Barbarossa]

You take 2 hours and twenty minutes to wake up :O

Do none of your alarms have "snooze" features :unsure:

/me does not really want to get involved. This guy is a loony.

[SnnY]

I was kinda expected you needed an alarm function on your computer because you needed it to do a scheduled task at some point. But that's just mental.

Try drinking a big mug of water before you go to bed.

[MediaSlayer]

Do none of your alarms have "snooze" features :unsure:

Yes, and on a good morning I press them and fall back asleep, but the final alarm wakes me up for good.

@snny- mental, but unchangeable for the most part. there have been times where i slept through all of them and woke up hours late for an appointment/work. but atm i'm unemployed.

[Barbarossa]

At the risk of turning this thread into some kind of lifestyle choice helpline, how about going to bed earlier? :unsure:

[SnnY]

Fuck noes. Punctuality is for losers.

Just find as job were you can work stupid hours.

[007™]

/me does the same thing

i dont set 5 different clocks w/e

but i set 2 alarms on my cell phone

one at 5 am then one at 6 am

and the one at 6am is the one that wakes me up.

[Virtualbody1234]

This thread is nuts! Who cares how many alarms he uses.

The important thing is to have a quiet/silent computer. You definitely don't need an Apple to achieve that.

[Snee]

If I was to build something really quiet, and getting money for it wasn't a problem, I'd start out by getting something like this (http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/view.asp?idx=64).

[a1anm]

buy another alarm clock or another cell phone - both quieter and cheaper than a new pc

[MediaSlayer]

found it:

http://image.ak.outpost.com/art/product/big_shots/4984461.big.jpg

anyone try this puppy out yet? and if so, was it quiet could u tell?

[Shiranai_Baka]

Lol.. thats the mac mini no?

[suprafreak6]

i think this is what you need
http://www.bimbambanana.com/index.php?p=Puzzle-alarm-clock-cool-gadgets&side=visProd&prod_id=21
bitch keeps ringing louder and louder till you find all the puzzle pieces and put them in the top...throw it all you want it wont die

[S!X]

Just run a total water cooling setup with a corsair psu, then you should be set.

[mbucari1]

Just run a total water cooling setup with a corsair psu, then you should be set.can vouch for corsair, they ARE really quiet.

[MediaSlayer]

i think this is what you need
http://www.bimbambanana.com/index.php?p=Puzzle-alarm-clock-cool-gadgets&side=visProd&prod_id=21
bitch keeps ringing louder and louder till you find all the puzzle pieces and put them in the top...throw it all you want it wont die



global jihad that's fucking hilarious how in the hail did you find that

[brotherdoobie]

Water cooling...seems a little extreme for what he's looking for.
There are may ways to go about this,MS.

Here's the lazy way...I take it your not wanting to build your
own rig?

http://www.endpcnoise.com/cgi-bin/e/quietpc.html


-bd