> The thing that people forget about older computers is that they suck a lot > of electrical power, especially in relation to how much computing power they > deliver. > > If we were to come up with a watt-per-cycle index, and put some kind of > price per year on it, the extra cost of a new, solid-state unit like a > Soekris would probably pay for itself in a few years in electrical savings. > > Plus you get to feel environmentally responsible.
Soekris is good, but has no hard drive. I have to reformat my CF drive once or twice a year, probably related to country power (yes, it is on a UPS). Koolu (Canadian company, koolu.ca) has a more powerful CPU, runs on 5 - 10W. Thecus N2100 is pretty low power (though it has an Arm cpu; the others are Intel). Thecus power brick says 12V/5A, remembering P=IE that makes it 60W max, with 2 full-size (well, 3.5") SATA hard drives (I've only got one drive in mine). Koolu keeps power low by only having one laptop-sized ATA drive. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
