On 1/9/06, H. Apfel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >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. > >> > >> Nononono! I measured a Mac mini (1.42 - 1 Gig) at 27 W (Typing) / 35 > >> W (with optical drive on). > > > >A few questions: > > > >How did you measure usage? > > Power meter at the AC power input - so it includes converter losses.
What brand of power meter? (listers, please yell if you're not interested in seeing this on-list... though, it's a really cool topic) Or was this a home grown affair? I've been scouring the web and found this neat little page on monitoring power consumption: <http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/measure.html> > Uh,oh <blush> I remembered wrong. After consulting my spreadsheet the > mini uses 18 W idling / 32 W with optical drive on/ '0' (< 1.5 W) > 'off'. > For comparison: My Dual G5/1.8 needs 130 W idling / 200 W 'SETI'ing / > 2 W 'off'. > Er, and I measured an old G3/300 as well: 41 W/ 45 W/ 3.6 W. > 7600/132: 55W / 2.5 W. (even more than a G3!) > > So from a energetic point of view: get a stack of minis! PS Solar energy would be a neat option (& it seems Norberto lives at roughly the same latitude I do... except I don't have a house yet ;-). Eric. _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
