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Actually you're mistaken. Initial Apple II's had poor cooling due to Steve Jobs' opposition to vents on aesthetic grounds. A few months later the case was re
by liability 7y ago
Actually you're mistaken. Initial Apple II's had poor cooling due to Steve Jobs' opposition to vents on aesthetic grounds. A few months later the case was revised, but the lesson didn't sink in, as evidenced by the infamous Apple III.
> The first production Apple IIs had hand-molded cases; these had visible bubbles and other lumps in them from the imperfect plastic molding process, which was soon switched to machine molding. In addition, the initial case design had no vent openings, causing high heat buildup from the PCB and resulting in the plastic softening and sagging. Apple added vent holes to the case within three months of production; customers with the original case could have them replaced at no charge.
- rbanffy 7y agoIndeed, but that initial error was quickly corrected and those cases are unbelievably rare these days.
- liability 7y agoRight, I never meant to imply it was a widespread issue, only that both were released that way. The condition of the Apple III was more egregious than normally thought when you consider the lesson should have been learnt with the first revision cases of the Apple II.