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zork - reactionary much? cans of air are compressed air, not an aerosol.

Posted by colin (aka colinski) Oct 27 '08, 08:04

vacuums can pull circuits off of your motherboard and do not clean as thoroughly as compressed air.

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and most vacuums come with attachments for lower velocity cleaning (drapes, etc) -- nm - zork Oct 27, 08:17
but compressed air can deposit moisture and propellant debris, which can be equally damaging. -- nm - mafic Oct 27, 08:10
Technically, they just move the dust somewhere else. -- nm - Spawn Oct 27, 08:07 1
- out of the case :) -- nm - colin Oct 27, 08:07
but the manufacturing process for them is a waste of resources in comparison - zork Oct 27, 08:06 12
- why? the can's are metal and completely recyclable. cramming air into a can doesn't do any harm. -- nm - colin Oct 27, 08:07 10
  - just MAKING the can, the energy to recycle the can, the fact that probably not every can gets recycled, the cost of buying it when you have a vaccuum - Danger Girl Oct 27, 08:09 7
    - but what about the production of the vacuum? -- nm - decline Oct 27, 08:13 6
      - Won't somebody please think about the children?!?! -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 27, 08:15
      - presumably you're not buying a vaccum just to clean your computer. -- nm - Reagen Oct 27, 08:15 4
        
        but anyone using a regular vacuum to clean a computer is not very smart - decline Oct 27, 08:16 3
        
        use the attachments that usually come with it, duh. -- nm - zork Oct 27, 08:18 2
        
        that's equally bad. the suction power of a normal vacuum is way to powerful -- nm - decline Oct 27, 08:19 1
        
        as I said a ways above, they usually have attachement that give a lower airflow -- nm - zork Oct 27, 08:27
  - argh, the energy used to make, load, and transport the cans is a waste IMO in this case -- nm - zork Oct 27, 08:08 1
    - Wouldn't having to build/transport a new computer (when you've detroyed yours by "dusting" it) take more? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 27, 08:10
- your face is a waste of resources -- nm - tRuMaN Oct 27, 08:07
and dusters build up static electricity, which can discharge and damage computer components. -- nm - colin Oct 27, 08:05 1
- depends on the materials used -- nm - zork Oct 27, 08:09

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