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Re: [News] Custom Linux PCs Push Energy Efficiency to the Limit

____/ Mark Kent on Saturday 20 October 2007 13:47 : \____

> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ Mark Kent on Friday 19 October 2007 21:00 : \____
>> 
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> Open Source Software, OLPC, and the Importance of Being Green
>>>> 
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>| I'm referring to the need for the OLPC XO laptop to be extremely
>>>>| efficient in its power consumption. The OLPC laptop is designed to be
>>>>| used in places where there is no reliable power grid, or, in many cases,
>>>>| no power grid at all. This has challenged the OLPC Project is be very
>>>>| creative in how power is generated, stored and conserved.
>>>> `----
>>>> 
>>>> http://jmbuser.livejournal.com/6764.html
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> I still feel very much that these devices could be fantastic to roll-out
>>> in British primary schools.  You could kit every child in a classroom
>>> for less power consumption than the existing one or two machines in most
>>> current primary classrooms.  That's a fantastic carbon footprint.
>> 
>> I think they are happier with the Xandrosoft-based Eee(k!), but the
>> considerations here are different. In the UK, classrooms have very decent
>> electricity.
>> 
> 
> Not for 65-150W per desk, though - air-con becomes a necessity, and then
> the electricity bill goes sky-high.  At my school, we /already/ use
> air-con in the ICT suite, because it's just too warm otherwise.
> 
> Bear in mind that the electricity bill has to be paid from the school's
> annual budget, so if money goes on leccy, then it isn't going on
> teachers or books or stationery or educational trips or visitors...

I was thinking about recharging. How much does the Eeek! consume?

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