Date: Sat, 01 May 2010 11:59:52 +0100 From: Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ziz a dumb question? Message-ID: <4BDC09A8.4030405@onetel.com> In-Reply-To: <20100501052055.9def3399.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20100501015705.GA46858@thought.org> <20100501041913.81a34394.freebsd@edvax.de> <20100501030350.GB46985@thought.org> <20100501052055.9def3399.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:03:50 -0700, Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> wrote: >> On Sat, May 01, 2010 at 04:19:13AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: >>> On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:57:08 -0700, Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> wrote: >>>> i've never been anything near the extreme-green movement. i >>>> figured that newer computers/cpus/etc would be more efficient >>>> than what came before. >>> Oh, you mean that a "modern" desktop PC consumes as much power >>> as my old AS/400e with 10 hard disk drives - as loud a a common >>> PC, 2 times as big and 4 times as heavy? :-) >>> >> Yeah, gee-whiz :) > > Incorrect values: 4 times as big and 8 times as heavy - but > the same power consumption. :-) Seriously? Or joking? How did you measure it? My 2 year old desktop uses 60-100 watts depending on how hard it's working. 10 disks and lots of noise must use a few watts, though size and weight wouldn't have that much influence per se :) Chris
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