<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Ok, a laptop breaks the "old pc" concept a little. It is definitely the way to go. Its funny though, for me, 50 kw would cost a little over a dollar. My new core 2 duo server only pulls 65 watts while on, the old machine pulled 265! And to top it off my old machine had a power factor of ~55, this one is 98-99. PG&E is expensive here!<br> <br> Matt<br> <br> <br> Chris Ribe wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:42538820802150755n77d9f22cyfebf49006bff1f8b@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"><br> <div class="gmail_quote"> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="Ih2E3d">> I'm more intrigued by the possibility of turning my dumpster bound PC<br> > hardware into something useful using PulseAudio.<br> <br> </div> Work out the electricity and AC costs and you won't think they are so cheap.<br> </blockquote> <div><br> This node I working on right now is a 1.1Ghz Celeron laptop.   Power consumption is probably about 50w.  It is destined for an uncooled part of the house (screened in porch) and will be powered on for about 100 hours / year.  <br> <br> That means the yearly electricity and AC costs will be approximately 30 *cents*. <br> <br> -chris  <br> </div> </div> <br> -- <br> TV/IT Engineer<br> WCJB-TV Gainesville, FL<br> (352) 416 0648<br> <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:cribe@wcjb.com">cribe@wcjb.com</a> <pre wrap=""> <hr size="4" width="90%"> _______________________________________________ pulseaudio-discuss mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pulseaudio-discuss@mail.0pointer.de">pulseaudio-discuss@mail.0pointer.de</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://tango.0pointer.de/mailman/listinfo/pulseaudio-discuss">https://tango.0pointer.de/mailman/listinfo/pulseaudio-discuss</a> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>