Legodude522
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I still can't help but get reminded of the Tapwave Zodiac once again. The 32mb model was chrome and the 128mb model was black just like our two competing colours here.
Thanks for making such a thorough comparison but hope you are now getting some sleep!And here you go:
They spread heat from small hot components to a larger area for more efficient dissipation. Compared to heat sinks they don't have much heat capacity, so the total heat flow must be something that area can get rid of. Sometimes IIRC they're also used like cheaper heat pipes to transfer heat to a heat sink if one is shared between many components.Btw what are the “heat spreaders”?
Thanks for the info! So these are potentially instead of the heat pipes, or additional to? IIRC, the heat pipes are supposed to be arriving any day now...They spread heat from small hot components to a larger area for more efficient dissipation. Compared to heat sinks they don't have much heat capacity, so the total heat flow must be something that area can get rid of. Sometimes IIRC they're also used like cheaper heat pipes to transfer heat to a heat sink if one is shared between many components.
EDIT: Seems my terminology was a tiny bit off, read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_spreader
@EvilDragon how much extra time is it likely to take to organise and carry out a choice of colours for the first 1,000 units, compared to taking a vote and only doing them in the winning colour, then offering the other colour as a future accessory case (maybe with a discount for those who wanted that colour) ?"Quick look" then we get nearly a 20 minute video.
It is super appreciated though. You did a thorough job of comparing it to enough devices and rotating it through heaps of angles.
It was interesting hearing the back stories of the coating and watching you scratch the case was awesome until the screwdriver started damaging the uncoated case. That sound hurt
I would really hope that we could be happy with a single colour for the first run or two. There are already 6 different models (although the 2GB was in a tiny minority) and if there are 2 colours that brings the options to 12. I'm all for keeping things simple. (Having said that, I'm still looking forward to the possibility of a red and blue version in the future)
But looking forward to throwing money at you for the final purchase.
Why not just paint it yourself once you’ve received it?I liked the chrome version but it doesn't look good on the video. It may be the camera though, we need a video with not perfect lighting.
The black coating looks gorgeous.
The logo feels like some pigeon shit on my gorgeous, infinite like, all dark black precious Pyra. I don't know if I can live with it.
I liked the chrome version but it doesn't look good on the video. It may be the camera though, we need a video with not perfect lighting.
The logo feels like some pigeon shit on my gorgeous, infinite like, all dark black precious Pyra. I don't know if I can live with it.
Congrats for 386 messages, on the road to 486 !I'm joooiiiinnnniiinnnng ....
The logo feels like some pigeon shit on my gorgeous, infinite like, all dark black precious Pyra. I don't know if I can live with it.