> Programmers don't necessarily have to know how to handle hardware physically Sure, but they usually can learn it extremely quickly :) > I used to build comp

> Programmers don't necessarily have to know how to handle hardware physically Sure, but they usually can learn it extremely quickly :) > I used to build computers with up to 10 different fans in them, it sounded like an airplane when you turned it on That's weird, because if you have more fans, each one can spin slower. Did you just leave them all at 100% without any software control? My tower is extremely quiet at idle, slightly louder at 100% CPU, and only actually loud at 100% GPU. (The GPU is heavily overclocked which requires more cooling from the case fans. If I ever want it to be quiet while gaming I can just lower the GPU clock and voltage. But I prefer more frames per second, I use headphones anyway :D) > You cannot bring your desktop computer to a coffee shop That's why I also have a small Thinkpad. Compiling FreeBSD on it takes like a day, compared to less than 30 minutes on my desktop. Yeah sure the "cloud" is there but it's not for everyone. I like having actual powerful hardware.