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Mac Pro Teardown 2: Teardown Harder

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Re: Mac Pro Teardown 2: Teardown Harder

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Post by MBCook »

This is the part that caught my attention:

> We noticed a few cavities around the edges of the impeller filled with some sort of epoxy (on both sides). We suspect it's for fine-tuned balancing, to keep the fan running smooth and quiet.

Apple is balancing the fans they put in the computers. What other manufacturer would do that? I love Apple's little details.

Re: Mac Pro Teardown 2: Teardown Harder

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Post by DanBC »

Individually that's not much gold. Anyone able to estimate how much, and what it would cost at today's gold prices?

One bendit of having that there is that people really want gold, and so those machines are going to get a thorough teardown at end of life, which should help with reclaiming and recycling all the other stuff.

Re: Mac Pro Teardown 2: Teardown Harder

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Post by hafflelog »

MBCook wrote: post #5

This is the part that caught my attention: > We noticed a few cavities around the edges of the impeller filled with some sort of epoxy (on both sides). We suspect it's for fine-tuned balancing, to keep the fan running smooth and quiet. Apple is balancing the fans they put in the computers. What other manufacturer would do that? I love Apple's little details.

> Apple is balancing the fans they put in the computers. What other manufacturer would do that? I love Apple's little details.

Noctua, for example? http://www.noctua.at/

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