I can only second Julian's message: I've installed the upgrade now about a week ago and the fan is hardly noticeable (as my harddisk is making noise anyway). The speed improvement is simply amazing... cheers Rob On Thursday, Jun 12, 2003, at 22:06 Europe/Amsterdam, S Keene wrote: > thanks Julian, 2 say it's unnoticeable and 1 says a bit noisy but then > he has another fan in there already. I think I'll go for it and hope > no smoke signals! > > > On Wednesday, June 11, 2003, at 09:11 pm, Julian Tracy wrote: > >>> So, here I am wondering whether to get a 1.2 GHz Sonnet upgrade >>> installed (by an apple dealer) and if I do would the fan be noisy, >>> but >>> if I do will I lose my Cube in a puff of smoke, or is this risk >>> specific to processors from Japan??? >>> >>> >> No problems here (MI)- fan is hardly noticeable, and Cube seems much >> cooler >> at the vent then was before. >> >> Every time I use iMovie or iPhoto or iTunes or Photoshop I am glad to >> have >> the extra power. >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Julian Tracy