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Dust collects on flat horizontal surfaces.

• Y-bar 5y ago
  The front fan grille on my midi tower (Fractal Meshify) collects a lot of dust in its intake, I presume it is because any dust which would have fallen onto the desk in front of the computer instead gets pulled into it by the fans. From my point of view having the intake lower as the Mac Studio would not noticeable increase the dustiness.
• thechao 5y ago
  Dust doesn't crawl on to a desk from the floor; it settles in from the air. If you're placing a new computer on to a previously dusty surface then, yes, you might see an initial spike in dust coming in. After that, I'd bet that the dominate source of dust is air.
  • wlesieutre 5y ago
    I think the difference there is that the Mac Studio will spend a lot of time with the fans at very low speed, and any dust that settles near the intake during that time will get sucked up later when the fans ramp up. If the intake were higher up the recently settled dust would stay on the desk and you'd only pull in airborne dust.
• Tagbert 5y ago
  Once dust is on a surface will tend to cling to that surface unless it is wiped off or blown off by a significant airflow. A low speed airflow like a fan intake will probably not pickup much of that dust. Most of the dust will come in from the air in the room.