This is most easily observed by the heat your CPU gives off. This heat is directly proportionate to the energy consumption of the CPU. This is why the Atom processor doesn't need a cooling fan, but overclocked CPUs need liquid cooling.
On Jan 23, 6:16 am, Bill Oliver <[email protected]> wrote: > Can you cite some documentation that suggests that running two progams > simultaneously uses significantly more energy than running one? Unless the > software is directly playing with hardware -- the printer, the fan, etc, I > have a hard time believing that running multiple programs uses significantly > more energy than running one. > > billo > > > > On Sun, 22 Jan 2012, Xovan wrote: > > Unless it is a phone it is the rule of thumb that you are most > > efficient by doing only what is needed. Less work means less energy > > required. On the software side of things you want to make sure that > > there's only programs running you need to run. But it is the hardware > > that limits you the most. What parts are most efficient is obscured > > with marketing. That translates into extensive research into things > > with limited documentation. The idler would simply look for energy > > star rated parts. The truly lazy will buy a netbook or nettop. > > On Jan 20, 10:41�pm, jbander <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thats pretty much it , I leave it on all the time during the day and at > >> Night I have it on listening to Internet radio. I'm running Ubuntu 11:10 > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > > Group. > > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > > For more options, visit our group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > References can be found at:http://goo.gl/anqri > > Please remember to abide by our list rules > > (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rulesorhttp://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules or http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf)
