From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 26 17:41:32 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9184116A4CE for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2003 17:41:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from schlepper.zs64.net (schlepper.zs64.net [212.12.50.230]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 369C643D3F for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2003 17:41:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cracauer@schlepper.zs64.net) Received: from schlepper.zs64.net (schlepper [212.12.50.230]) by schlepper.zs64.net (8.12.10/8.11.1) with ESMTP id hBR1fPEi021133; Sat, 27 Dec 2003 02:41:25 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from cracauer@schlepper.zs64.net) Received: (from cracauer@localhost) by schlepper.zs64.net (8.12.10/8.12.9/Submit) id hBR1fLJ6021132; Fri, 26 Dec 2003 20:41:21 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 20:41:21 -0500 From: Martin Cracauer To: Wes Peters Message-ID: <20031226204121.A21067@cons.org> References: <20031225224609.A5326@cons.org> <200312260815.38447.wes@softweyr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200312260815.38447.wes@softweyr.com>; from wes@softweyr.com on Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 08:15:38AM -0800 cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org cc: Martin Cracauer Subject: Re: Power consumption in desktop computers X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 01:41:32 -0000 Wes Peters wrote on Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 08:15:38AM -0800: > If you want a desktop machine with low power consumption (and far less cooling > fan noise as a bonus) you may want to look into the VIA Epia motherboards and > systems. Actually I am posting from one of those - using a tty mailer :-) I found that the requirment to run Mozilla Firebird outpaces this CPU. It's really too bad, if it wasn't for that thing I could happily run my old hardware forever. Martin -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Martin Cracauer http://www.cons.org/cracauer/ No warranty. This email is probably produced by one of my cats stepping on the keys. No, I don't have an infinite number of cats.