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- Wed Jul 15, 2009 1:45 pm
- Forum: Green Computing
- Topic: Power consumption...huh?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 33599
I have one for you. I was unemployed for a few months and was at home all day looking for work on my old, very inefficient computer. Eventually I found a t job and got back to work. What I found was that by turning the computer while I was at work, I reduced my power bill by 60% (at the least). I no...
- Wed May 13, 2009 1:47 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: 2009 Predictions
- Replies: 26
- Views: 16848
Al Gore the mad scientist? There's an interesting rebuttal to "an inconvenient truth" you can watch for free on youtube or download for free elsewhere called "the great global warming swindle". You have to get past the first 20 minutes of criticism before you get to the good information. These scien...
- Wed May 13, 2009 1:36 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Win 7, what compels you to upgrade?
- Replies: 112
- Views: 51057
I'm still quite happy with Windows XP SP3 and haven't made the move to Vista or 7. The only things that would force me right now are that I'm currently using a 32-bit OS on a 64-bit processor (set to run in 32-bit mode) so I'm not taking full advantage of my computers power and I can't take advantag...
- Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:24 pm
- Forum: Green Computing
- Topic: $100 Linux wall-wart launches
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9922
If you're doing a lot of 'writes' flash is NOT the way to go for an Network attached storage system. That and it's only 512MB. For the same price you can get a 500GB-1TB NAS if you shop around. If this really only draws the power of a nightlight though I can think of some wonderful applications for ...