Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2014 16:22:03 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com> To: George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com> Cc: FreeBSD Stable Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, Andreas Nilsson <andrnils@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Not to beat a dead horse, but ... Message-ID: <20140608232203.GN31367@funkthat.com> In-Reply-To: <5394B80A.2030901@m5p.com> References: <5394A848.7030609@m5p.com> <CAPS9%2BSuR=F2jCsp=%2BHvU3kaZvTtULZ5D%2BkX-1PZdmHd1RP1RSw@mail.gmail.com> <5394B80A.2030901@m5p.com>
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George Mitchell wrote this message on Sun, Jun 08, 2014 at 15:22 -0400:
> On 06/08/14 14:58, Andreas Nilsson wrote:
> >[...]
> >Yes? Can you even buy a system today that is uniprocessor? My phone is a
> >dual core thing, and it got written of because of its "meagre" hardware.
> >Top of the line phones has 8 cores. [...]
>
> I'll grant you I haven't had the urge to upgrade recently. My systems
> are adequate to my needs, so why should i? -- George
Power consumption...
Depending upon power cost and your old system, and modern system, you
could see a $100/year savings in your electricity bill (assuming 24/7
runtime)... Many of the older single core systems don't have the
ability to shutdown clocks to parts of the chip and other improved power
saving features...
I know this wasn't a computer, but I had a switch that I had been using
for a large number of years... I finally measured the power
consumption of the switch, and it turns out that the electricity
savings in a year, paid for the entire cost of the new switch... We
were talking ~$250/year in savings, so, upgrading can end up saving
you money...
--
John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579
"All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."
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