Re: power-efficiency & non-x86 desktop systems

2008-11-15 Thread D G Teed
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 11:30 PM, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/14/08 21:22, D G Teed wrote: > [snip] > >> >> You can build a desktop from an Intel Atom based motherboard >> and CPU. 40 Watts maximum for the CPU and mainboard. >> With a high efficiency power supply, I'm measuring

Re: power-efficiency & non-x86 desktop systems

2008-11-14 Thread Ron Johnson
On 11/14/08 21:22, D G Teed wrote: [snip] You can build a desktop from an Intel Atom based motherboard and CPU. 40 Watts maximum for the CPU and mainboard. With a high efficiency power supply, I'm measuring 42 watts idle, 47 watts under load. That is with twin 320 GB SATA drives and 2 GB of RA

Re: power-efficiency & non-x86 desktop systems

2008-11-14 Thread D G Teed
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 6:49 PM, elijah rutschman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I have recently heard that ARM CPU's tend to be more power efficient > than x86 CPU's. > I know that several free operating systems, Debian GNU/Linux included, > support some non-x86 architectures, such as AR