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fire-eyes ha scritto: |
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> Norberto Bensa wrote: |
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>> b.n. wrote: |
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>>> Yes, but it costs money :) |
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>> Not that much really if you think how much it will save :) |
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>> You don't need a keep-my-box-up-30-days UPS. A 15 minutes UPS will do just |
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>> fine and they are very cheap nowdays. |
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Last time I checked they were in the 40-50 Euro range. However you are |
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right, it probably can save my day. |
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> Another nice note is that APC and probably others can be connected via |
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> USB, and configured to cleanly halt your system if its batteries run |
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> out. Always better than a hard dump. |
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This becomes a philosophical question but, shouldn't computers (hw and |
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sw) be thought to resist hard power outages as much as possible? |
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If UPS systems are the only feasible way to obtain it, why no one |
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thought to somehow include them inside desktop systems? |
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Just to know :) |
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m. |
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