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   From: Nikos Chantziaras    
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   Subject: Re: An Ultimate Vista Problem   
   Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:08:25 +0200   
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   Chris Cox wrote:   
   > Arrowcatcher wrote:   
   >> Two techie friends and I upgraded our XP computers to run Vista and   
   >> had been using beta and trial versions of Ultimate and Business   
   >> successfully.  We installed temp HDs so our XP installs were   
   >> untouched.   
   >>   
   >> However, our "Kill-a-Watt" electricity monitors show that the upgraded   
   >> machines now draw 40% more ultility power.  My P4 machine jumped from   
   >> a nominal 105 watts to 145 with its new Invidia FX5500 display   
   >> adapter, which I didn't otherwise need to edit AVI and MPEG2 videos.   
   >    
   > While moderately interesting, you're still the culprit by running   
   > a P4 and running an Nvidia GPU.   
      
   This is pretty much the minimum if you want to be able to run Vista.    
   With newer hardware (say, ATI X1900 or GeForce 7800 and Intel Core 2    
   Duo), power consumption would be even bigger.  Don't you agree?   
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