I haven't forgotten that this statement about Jobs' preference has been oft reported. What, if it is true, it argues is that the convective cooling design must be unimpeachably effective, and the componentry rated for the inevitably slower heat transfer to the convecting air. It also means that Apple must devote more attention to instruction of users in the advantages (silence, if you can hear the silence through the hard drive's noise and the CRT's crepitations) and disadvantages (need for clear space around the Mac, and preferably for some elevation of its rear to facilitate air intake).
I have no evidence that any of the above, from Jobs' preference to special emphasis by Apple on convective cooling requirements, ever existed. The original 128K-Plus machines are no exemplars for the practice of convective cooling. My 512Ke always feels (in a tactile sense) as if self-immolation is next on its list of things to do.
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