On 2009/02/02 20:52 (GMT-0800) Jesse Keating composed: > On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 21:53 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: >> If you really wanted to save serious power, you'd stop inducing or forcing >> people with less power hungry old systems (i586 ring a bell?) to replace them >> with considerably hungrier newer systems. New systems make much better room >> heaters than old systems, because they use a lot more power, far more than >> one extra watt. Support for old systems == really substantial conservation. > Isn't it odd then, that each new system I buy happens to use lower power > over time than previous systems? How did you measure? Did you measure? My measurements using Seasonic PowerAngel SSM-1508RA: Description Speed Mfg Model Minutes KWH Rate PC w/ 2 HD 450 Mac G3 221 0.18 1.1729 PC, PIII, 133FSB, 2 IDE HD 1133 Dell GX150 168 0.15 1.2857 PC, K6-III 66FSB, 2 SCSI HD, 1 IDE 400 AOpen AX5T-3 1544 1.47 1.3710 PC, K6-III+ 100FSB, 3 SCSI HD 550 Asus P5S-B 553 0.73 1.9009 PC, P4-478 400FSB, 1 HD, 80+ PS 3000 Abit AI7 1424 1.94 1.9618 PC, Celeron478 400FSB, 1 HD 2400 Abit AI7 600 0.87 2.0880 PC, Socket A 333FSB, 1 HD, std PS 2000 Biostar M7NCD 120 0.20 2.4000 PC, P4-775 533FSB, 1+1 HD, 80+ PS 2800 PCChips T18 7200 12.06 2.4120 PC, P4-775 533FSB, 1+1 HD 2800 PCChips T18 691 1.30 2.7091 PC, P4-775 800FSB, 1+1 HD, 80+ PS 3400 Foxconn F9657AB 617 1.42 3.3141 80+ is described at http://www.80plus.org/ -- "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up." Ephesians 4:29 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
