Comments on: Dell FAIL http://www.petecullen.net/balls/dell-fail/ Living the Digital Lifestyle Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:05:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pete http://www.petecullen.net/balls/dell-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-26535 Pete Fri, 03 Apr 2009 07:17:53 +0000 http://www.petecullen.net/?p=1842#comment-26535 Fortunately I have a loan machine at present that includes a stock Intel cooler, and anyone who knows them will know that those things certainly aren't quiet! But even that is far quieter than the Hybrid was. If the thing ever gets back to Dell in one piece as two couriers arrived to pick it up yesterday, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. The greatest thing the Xbox 360 has ever done is have the install to hard drive option. I can't play anything from the disc anymore. It's actually bearable without that spinning constantly! Fortunately I have a loan machine at present that includes a stock Intel cooler, and anyone who knows them will know that those things certainly aren’t quiet!
But even that is far quieter than the Hybrid was. If the thing ever gets back to Dell in one piece as two couriers arrived to pick it up yesterday, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

The greatest thing the Xbox 360 has ever done is have the install to hard drive option. I can’t play anything from the disc anymore. It’s actually bearable without that spinning constantly!

]]> By: DXEndar http://www.petecullen.net/balls/dell-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-26530 DXEndar Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:10:26 +0000 http://www.petecullen.net/?p=1842#comment-26530 Those are the kind of problems that bother me the most. The entire thing could run beyond expectation, but if it's noisy . . . that's a deal breaker for me. My 360 is on the top shelf of my entertainment center, turned at a slight angle (as to draw air in from the 'front') with ample room behind it for the air to exit. This also helps decrease the noise. But I'm always amazed at how quiet the PS3 is every time I turn it on. Cant stand noise. Sometimes I even turn the water pump on the fish tank off when watching movies. Those are the kind of problems that bother me the most. The entire thing could run beyond expectation, but if it’s noisy . . . that’s a deal breaker for me.

My 360 is on the top shelf of my entertainment center, turned at a slight angle (as to draw air in from the ‘front’) with ample room behind it for the air to exit. This also helps decrease the noise. But I’m always amazed at how quiet the PS3 is every time I turn it on.

Cant stand noise. Sometimes I even turn the water pump on the fish tank off when watching movies.

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