Liquid cooling in future iMac?

[TommyCo]

Exactly my thoughts. Why would a well built system leak, it can be made properly.
We can still hope that Apple would invent their own system - and make it properly!

Ummm... Just in case you missed it last time:

The new trend in consumer electronics at the moment is to make everything more efficient, therefore use less power and consequently run cooler.

This also allows things to run faster yet remain smaller and slimmer, as an elaborate cooling system would take up a lot of internal space in something as compact as an imac.

A huge amount of R&D resources have been put into more efficient (hence cooler running) processors in recent years. Not only does that mean that the cpus use less energy they run cooler, allowing computer companies to make things SMALLER AND THINNER, improve battery run-time in their portables and also push the 'green' angle.

Liquid cooling systems can use up a lot of power (negating the 'green' marketing angle) and since the new chips run cooler, they aren't really needed anyway. They also take up valuable space within a line of products which are becoming increasingly slimmer and miniaturised. Considering apples previous (failed) attempts at a liquid cooled tower, I'd be surprised to see them rushing back to the concept.

So where exactly does your chunkier, less green, less reliable imac fit into Apple's current marketing strategy?

 

[superatombomb]

Ummm... Just in case you missed it last time:



A huge amount of R&D resources have been put into more efficient (hence cooler running) processors in recent years. Not only does that mean that the cpus use less energy they run cooler, allowing computer companies to make things SMALLER AND THINNER, improve battery run-time in their portables and also push the 'green' angle.

Liquid cooling systems can use up a lot of power (negating the 'green' marketing angle) and since the new chips run cooler, they aren't really needed anyway. They also take up valuable space within a line of products which are becoming increasingly slimmer and miniaturised. Considering apples previous (failed) attempts at a liquid cooled tower, I'd be surprised to see them rushing back to the concept.

So where exactly does your chunkier, less green, less reliable imac fit into Apple's current marketing strategy?

Exactly my thoughts. There's a reason liquid cooling is only used in large, gaming PC's.

 

[MacApple21]

Ummm... Just in case you missed it last time:

A huge amount of R&D resources have been put into more efficient (hence cooler running) processors in recent years. Not only does that mean that the cpus use less energy they run cooler, allowing computer companies to make things SMALLER AND THINNER, improve battery run-time in their portables and also push the 'green' angle.

Liquid cooling systems can use up a lot of power (negating the 'green' marketing angle) and since the new chips run cooler, they aren't really needed anyway. They also take up valuable space within a line of products which are becoming increasingly slimmer and miniaturised. Considering apples previous (failed) attempts at a liquid cooled tower, I'd be surprised to see them rushing back to the concept.

So where exactly does your chunkier, less green, less reliable imac fit into Apple's current marketing strategy?

I haven't claimed that Apple would use a conventional system. As my first post describes, Apple has filed a patent on meant for laptops
So I don't think it would necessarily take up that much space.
Even though components keep getting cooler, they are apparently still to hot for some systems like the iMac. And if Apple should choose to make the next iMac thinner, then even cooler components would be needed.
Anyway I think all the arguments against are reasonable and well founded.
And it was just a thought, but who knows

 

[TommyCo]

I haven't claimed that Apple would use a conventional system. As my first post describes, Apple has filed a patent on meant for laptops
So I don't think it would necessarily take up that much space.
Even though components keep getting cooler, they are apparently still to hot for some systems like the iMac. And if Apple should choose to make the next iMac thinner, then even cooler components would be needed.
Anyway I think all the arguments against are reasonable and well founded.
And it was just a thought, but who knows

Generally the pump and the radiator reservoir make the majority of the bulk in a liquid cooled system. Maybe there is the technology to reliably do the same thing in less space - but for the reasons I've outlined earlier in this thread, I really can't see it happening.

Its also worth mentioning that every tech company under the sun files patents for anything and everything their R&D department comes up with, in order to have control of the intellectual property, regardless of if they ever plan to use the idea. Since patent office documents are viewable to the general public, I sometimes think some of the ideas patented by Apple are simply a means to throw industry speculators off the trail.

But you are totally right. You never know - these things could feasibly happen. Every opinion on here is purely speculation until Apple announce a new way of doing things!