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The Silent PC was added to the World Wide Web in November 1998. At that time there was little written on the acoustic aspect of information technology ergonomics, and there were few signs of any market for acoustic comfort. At the same time were many people, the site author included, heard complaining about the noise emissions from their computers. It was also early recognized that building very quiet computers wasn't too complicated, or too expensive: It was obvious that industry lacked incentive to produce quiet products. These were the four main reasons for creating a web page on the IT noise issue.

The first single page was in November 2001 for to improve readability divided into several ones. May 2003 the site was transferred from home.swipnet.se/tr/silence.html to www.silent.se. I realized that the url without www better conforms with my strive for simplicity, and with the intention to enrich the domain silent.se with more subjects The Silent PC April 2013 moved to the subdirectory silent.se/pc

The leaves were part of the single page layout the first years.

We have since 1998 seen an enormous increase of interest in noiseless computing. Where there used to be little to find when searching the World Wide Web for the subject, can we now find hundreds of thousands of references. Low levels of noise emissions are today often regarded a natural aspect of IT ergonomics, and in most IT related magazines and at most IT related web sites is it at this point possible to find hardware reviews including products' acoustic aspects, and advertisements for quiet PCs and components for to build quiet PCs. There are now several most initiated hardware reviewing web sites specifically focusing on low-noise computing.

Acoustic comfort is also clearly becoming a product and service differentiator in other areas than for IT equipment: The automotive, air-conditioning, home appliance, building, hotel, train, heavy equipment and aircraft industries are just a few examples of business fields that nowadays invest a lot money to achieve low levels of distracting sounds, and in sound quality engineering.

The Silent PC web site main goal was in the early 2000's fulfilled, and it is since about 2005 rarely updated. The site is kept for historical reasons and as a reference.

The Silent PC web site since 1998 is a mark of Tomas Risberg, Sweden. Between 2003 and 2004 it was a trademark and between 2005 and 2015 a registered trademark of Tomas Risberg. The site was never, and is not commercial.

My name is Tomas Risberg. I am a physician - specialist in child- and adolescent psychiatry, aduld psychiatry and adult neurology. The Silent PC used to be one of my spare time projects. I am autodidact in the acoustical and computer sciences.

  I live in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden.

Here are a few articles and a radio series where The Silent PC web site has been mentioned:

The Silent PC web site is an independent publication. It has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by any of the companies or other sources here mentioned or cited. What at some instances might seem like advertisements for individual products, companies, organizations and nations is in fact:

I try to come as close to the truth as possible. This implies that something that was stated here one month, may change the next.

Human error is always possible, and I do not warrant that my web site's information is accurate or complete. Readers should confirm the information here provided from other sources prior to use.

Here is where to write: Tomas.Risberg@silent.se

First: Thanks a lot to the information technology industry for having developed the fantastic products that made this site at all possible! The content here would also never have been what it is if it wasn't for all the e-mail responses to it. Therefore: Thanks to everybody that have contributed their most valuable suggestions for the site. Thanks also for all encouraging mail.

Special gratitude is pointed to:

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The small colored bullets (  &  ) are intended for those who visit the site regularly. They are removed as the item has been on the site for some months.

The Silent PC web site is, as stated at the bottom of every page, copyrighted intellectual property of Tomas Risberg 1998-2022. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of the site author is prohibited.

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