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Donnie Berkholz wrote: |
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> http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9073106297.html |
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> "A New York City based start-up is readying a silent, low-cost, |
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> Linux-based computing appliance said to burn an order of magnitude less |
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> power than traditional PCs. The Zonbu Zonbox runs Gentoo Linux and two |
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> dozen open source applications on a Via C7 processor clocked at 1.2GHz." |
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> "It consumes 15 Watts (average), or 131 kW/year, generating about 97 |
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> pounds of CO2 emissions, according to Zonbu. ... A standard PC, in |
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> comparison, consumes 175 Watts on average, or 1,533 kW/year." |
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An article about this made it into the New York Times: |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/16/technology/16cheap.html |
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Perhaps our first mention there... |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |