From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 15 06:47:33 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A07F0106564A for ; Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:47:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from imedmobility.com (host-50.216-16-29.iw.net [216.16.29.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79A908FC08 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:47:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from midco.net (host-67-54-107-208.midco.net [208.107.54.67]) by imedmobility.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 7E4DD1173C4D for ; Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:47:32 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <49E582EF.8040606@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:47:11 -0500 From: Adam Vande More User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090408) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Mailing List References: <20090414224141.GA16354@thought.org> <49E51AD7.4060600@ibctech.ca> <1239774457.5886.15.camel@ethos.thought.org> In-Reply-To: <1239774457.5886.15.camel@ethos.thought.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: from very early this morning... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:47:33 -0000 > (But if a dual or a quad sucks up too > many watts, that blows much of the original purpose of cutting my > footprint. > Newer cpu's(multicore vs single) are pretty efficient, here's an article so you don't have to take my word for it. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-cpu-power-consumption,1750-11.html also in general if you want lower power consumption look for cpu's w/ smaller fab eg in term of power consumption and size 90 > 65 > 45 > gary > > > >