Cool!!! On 1/9/06, H. Apfel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ><snip> > > > >It depends what you use it for and with. Is it headless? Then the Mac > >mini will probably use half _or less_ the energy that the 8600 with > >the G4 upgrade (which will add to the load) would. > > > >You could be saving on the order of $20-70/year if you were to compare > >running both machines 24/7 (assuming ~50 W draw for the Mac mini (on > >average) vs 150 W draw (on average) for your 8600, upgraded to G4 (the > >upgrade will draw more power than the 8600 would alone)). > > Nononono! I measured a Mac mini (1.42 - 1 Gig) at 27 W (Typing) / 35 > W (with optical drive on). > > My iBook (1.25) has a 45 W Adapter which powers the computer, screen > & battery recharger. It's basically the same computer with an added > screen. > > So I'd max the mini (CPU 100% load, low graphic load, no optical > drive) at 35 W.
(just being conservative (if you'll pardon the bad pun) in my energy use estimate) A few questions: How did you measure usage? Were you reading with your optical drive or writing? Also, did you have a BT/Airport Extreme module installed? Eric. _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
