Author: pavel
Date: 16:42:20 05/15/02
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On May 15, 2002 at 19:29:02, Dann Corbit wrote: >On May 15, 2002 at 19:14:17, pavel wrote: > >>On May 15, 2002 at 18:47:58, Chessfun wrote: >> >>>On May 15, 2002 at 17:53:03, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >>> >>>>Hi Sarah >>>> >>>>Are your machines running day and night?? Funny, I cannot sleep with running >>>>PC's!! >>>> >>>>Kurt >>> >>>Actually yes, I never shut down a PC. >>>But they are both in the spare room anyway so can't hear any noise. >>> >>>Sarah. >> >>funny, coz I also never shut down my computer. Both of them. >>This one (celeron) I use for webserver, and my other computer (pentiumIII 1ghz) >>I use mostly for computer chess. >> >>Both the computers are in my bedroom, and I have no problem sleeping :) >> >>pavs >> >> >>ps, does anyone know if computer uses a lot of power? even when the monitor is >>off when idle? > >It's about equal to the power supply rating, usually. The monitor draws a lot >of it. Memory, disk, etc. all chew power. For the most part, they will be a >couple hundred watts or less [about 2 light bulbs worth of power]. Running a >bath is more costly than running your PC all day (unless you take a bath in cold >water). Thanks for the info. Yes, I remember reading somewhere about running computer all day is not so expansive comparing to other eletronic devices, the most power consuming part of a computer is the monitor. But I was not really sure about the source and so I asked again. besides I hate to wait for computers to bootup from shut down, I guess I will just have to wait for MRAMs pavs ps, I hate taking bath in clod water. (anyone doesnt?)
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