[geeks] New Intel Atom-based barebones system

[Shannon Hendrix]

On Aug 16, 2008, at 11:11 , wa2egp at att.net wrote:

> I don't think so.  My Ultra 80 draws about 120 watts on the average  
> which is far lower than figures presented.  Mine is measured not  
> gleaned from the numbers on the power supply label.

The power suckage on the Ultra CPUs was pretty high too.  My Sun  
equipment used a lot more power than my PC systems, except for the  
really low end stuff.

When I got rid of my Sun equipment, my computing power went way up,  
and my power usage went way down, plus the room is a whole lot cooler.

I loved those old machines, but their CPU power to electrical power  
ratio sucked.

> My son's latest PC draw <200 watts and he loaded it up.

This would seem to support my numbers being accurate, not refute it.

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Shannon Hendrix
shannon at widomaker.com