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   On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:31:13 -0800, 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.   
   >    
   > If the box is used 200 hours a month, that's 2400 hours per year. The   
   > 40 watt power comsumption increase amounts to 96 kWh when annualized.   
   >    
   > If 50 million people in the US and/or world do a similar upgrade with   
   > roughly the same result, then the overall utility power consumption   
   > increase is a whopping 4.8 billion kWh just so those computers can run   
   > Vista.   
   >    
   > Windows Vista may be a lot of things, but it's not ultimately "green".   
   > My SuSE 10.2 and Ubuntu 6.1 machines use far less electricity.  Maybe   
   > with more Linux computers around, Texas wouldn't be battling over the   
   > proposed construction of 17 new coal fired power plants. Etc., etc.   
      
      
   Sheesh, who the hell cares, you will be long dead and buried before this   
   whole "global warming" save your energy, conserve your power, draw your   
   blinds thing finally takes hold. Live it up brother, steal from the earth,   
   rape and pillage as much as you can cuz you cant take ti with you... ;)   
      
   Ciao   
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