Altitude?

[Eugene]

On Tue, Sep 04, 2007 at 08:50:12PM CDT, R.L. Grigg <newslists at autonomy.caltech.edu> wrote:
>
> On Sep 4, 2007, at 6:43 PM, Hacker Scot wrote:
>
>> Just noticed something in the iMac tech specs, alongside min/max voltage, etc:
>>
>> - Maximum altitude: 10,000 feet
>>
>> ??? What components in a computer are altitude sensitive?
>
> We've been told that the thinner air doesnt have the same cooling 
> effectiveness so it will likely casue overheating even when the fan blows 
> on full.

The less dense the air is, the less number of "air" molecules,
therefore the less amount of matter available to carry away heat
via kinetic energy.


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