Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!mcnc!duke!cds From: cds@duke.cs.duke.edu (Craig D. Singer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Seeking recommendations for Fan/Surge Surpressors Message-ID: <9937@duke.cs.duke.edu> Date: Mon, 20-Jul-87 09:47:08 EDT Article-I.D.: duke.9937 Posted: Mon Jul 20 09:47:08 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 21-Jul-87 04:39:44 EDT References: <1285@sputnik.COM> Reply-To: cds@duke.UUCP (Craig D. Singer) Distribution: world Organization: Duke University, Durham NC Lines: 29 Well, I looked at three Mac fans, the Kensington, the Fanny Mac, and Mac Fan. I don't know a darned thing about surge protection so I guess I assumed they all were about the same. Perhaps a foolish assumption. Anyway, I chose the Fanny Mac for aesthetic reasons. It is the only one that bulges neither on top nor in the back (except for the wires in back, of course) which means that dust covers fit nicely over it and in general the Mac maintains its nice looks. Also the Fanny Mac slides on and off with no difficulty, although I suspect this is true of all of these products. I can't say that the fan is quiet, but I have no comparison to go by, either. I rather like the white noise effect of a fan while I work, but judging from this newsgroup, I'm in the minority on that point (or else the minority is quite vocal). On the other hand, I can say that my Mac runs much cooler now than before the fan (I have a Mac+, and I am thinking about upgrading to 2 Meg). The one drawback with the Fanny Mac is that it has no extra outlet for a printer or whatever, so if one has another piece of equipment that ought to be line-protected, one ends up buying a wall-unit surge protector anyway. The Fanny Mac does have a convenient switch on top that has made me forget all about the awkward switch on the back of the Mac. I have no connection whatsoever with whoever makes the Fanny Mac, etc., etc. -- Craig D. Singer ARPA: cds@cs.duke.edu Department of Computer Science UUCP: ...!decvax!duke!cds Duke University CSNET: cds@duke Durham, NC 27706-2591 USA Phone (919) 684-5110 ext. 20