Re: Power consumption HZ100, HZ250, HZ1000: new numbers

Lee Revell
2005-08-02T14:52:06Z

On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 10:43 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Lee Revell wrote:
> > On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 09:10 -0400, Stephen Clark wrote:
> >
> >>Maybe new desktop systems - but what about the tens of millions of old
> >>systems that don't.
> >>
> >
> >
> > Does anyone really give a shit about saving power on the desktop anyway?
> > This is basically a laptop issue.
>
>
> Power consumption matters to server, desktop, and laptop.
>
> Assuming this is a laptop issue is wildly incorrect.

I would think you'd get the best power/performance ration from a desktop
by just having it suspend after 5 or 10 minutes of idle time.

Oh well, I'll shut up, I've already demonstrated a complete ignorance of
new hardware.

Lee