Re: Ultra 5/10 vs Ultra 60 for workstation.

Torsten Kirschner <torsten.kirschner@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>The U5 is still noisier than the U60, which suprised me. Actually, my U60
>might have a noise reduction kit installed as it makes virtually no noise
>at all, comparable to modern office desktops. It does, however, output
>quite a bit of heat.

Ah, mine don't have that. (And it's not available any more)

Certainly the Sun Blade 2000 I use now makes much less noise than
either.

Casper
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