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		mmphosis on Feb 11, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Optimizing for Fan Noise Use a CPU that does not require a fan. The 1 Mhz 6502 did not need a fan. The ARM, Apple A4, and others processors do not need fans. The problem is the Intel architecture has too many fans.

bugs on Feb 11, 2010 [–]

Really, I guess all those other cpus are just as fast and have the same cache and cores too huh?

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