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   Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 18:45:44 +0100   
   From: "Dirk T. Verbeek"    
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   Subject: Re: An Ultimate Vista Problem   
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   Chris Cox schreef:   
   > Arrowcatcher wrote:   
   >> Computers now power hogs!  I think this computer power consumption   
   >> thing is going to become an issue.   
   >>   
   >> 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.   
      
   But that's the core of the argument, this (or any) type of hardware will    
   use MORE power when run on Vista.   
   Plus it's, even admitted by Microsoft, some 10% slower which means    
   another 10% more time and energy needed for the same tasks.   
      
   >    
   > Sorry, but technology today consumes vast amounts of power for   
   > marginal performance gains.  It is just a fact.  Vista may help   
   > expose the problem, but I wouldn't single them out as   
   > a "cause"... more of an example of "to make matters worse".   
      
   So who said any different?   
   >    
   > I have never been "green" computer wise.   
   >    
   > I do drive a hybrid though... probably doesn't even things   
   > out.   
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