Tim: >> Likewise. And I'm not keen on having one of the several hundred watt >> monster room heating PCs, either. Gordon Messmer: > I'm not sure what you mean. Modern PCs tend to use a lot less power > than older ones did. Upgrading almost always means running quieter, > cooler, and using less power. Every newer PC that I've played with has used more power than the previous. Faster CPU, more cores in the CPU, more power. Bigger graphics cards, more power. And it's almost unavoidable using bigger graphics cards, thanks to desktop GUIs getting so bloated. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Jul 14 01:31:27 UTC 2013 x86_64 All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the public lists. George Orwell's '1984' was supposed to be a warning against tyranny, not a set of instructions for supposedly democratic governments. ZNQR LBH YBBX -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org