eap;519692 Wrote: > > I am stunned at the apparent stubborn unwillingness of many here to > spend a relatively small amount of money towards electrical costs (which > would be many times less than a squeezebox over the course of a year), > in order to have the convenience of on the demand Internet access, not > to mention no worries over having to use the less worthy > mysqueezebox.com . Why do we have fios and cable at blazing speeds if > we don't leave computers hooked up to it 24/7? Has this Political > Correctedness and "green" stuff really gone this far? When did leaving > a computer on 24/7 become such a hardship? What is driving this > ridiculous fear? >
I used to think computer power consumption was nothing to be concerned about as well, but PG&E (Pacific Gas and Electricity) made me change my mind. Tier 1 (Baseline) $0.11877 Tier 2 (101-130% of baseline) $0.13502 Tier 3 (131-200% of baseline) $0.27572 Tier 4 (201-300% of baseline) $0.40577 Tier 5 (Over 300% of baseline) $0.47393 I seem unable to get below Tier 4, so the marginal cost of electricity for me is $0.40577 per kw/h. A traditional desktop PC used as a 'server' will draw 100W ticking over. (A typical desktop computer uses about 65 to 250 watts). There are many purpose-built servers running Atoms for much less, but let's assume you want to reuse your old Pentium from a couple of years back. My annual marginal cost for leaving that computer on for a year is 0.1 * 24 * 365 * 0.40577 = $355.45 2nd grade math tells me I could afford a new SB Touch per year and still be ahead, if I were to dispose of the "old iron" Pentium and use either the Touch itself or a Shevaplug as the server component of the system. -- dsdreamer ---------------------- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits you..." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dsdreamer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12588 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75541 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
