"Too loud"

[daveIT]

It's funny hearing everyone say that Mac Pros are "too loud". I work around racks of servers everyday that hum like mo fos, so when i get home even my old iMac 266 doesn't sound that bad.

I don't sleep in the same room as my computer, so I guess that could be a valid complaint...

 

[Killyp]

If I was using the computer in a recording studio (which I do), and I was going to spend the couple of £K it costs to buy one of these beasts, I would expect it to be quite quiet...

 

[wallock]

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[daveIT]

If I was using the computer in a recording studio (which I do), and I was going to spend the couple of £K it costs to buy one of these beasts, I would expect it to be quite quiet...

Wouldn't the computer be in another room with all the sound boards, etc...

 

[mopppish]

Wouldn't the computer be in another room with all the sound boards, etc...

Lots of pro and project studios have at least some isolation for their macs/pcs.
My dad's got a sealed, silent rack right under his mixer, and it helps A LOT with his old dual G4.
If you're going to expect ANY kind of up-to-date power from a computer, as opposed to the below-top-spec Mac Mini's, then you have to expect to deal with at least some noise.

 

[apfhex]

It's funny hearing everyone say that Mac Pros are "too loud".

Where? I've heard nothing but how quiet they are compared to other tower PCs (esp the G5's).