22 Jun
2005
22 Jun
'05
12:44 p.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
OK, so you've got the running costs. Let's just look at that:
I have said this many time... The costs I am taliing about are the costs
to get the tools and test gear to be able to maintain that machine for as
long as I want to use it.
Tony, you have to have a consistent story on this one. You don't have
$100 to buy a used but usable PC for the times that one is needed, but
You know full well that $100 is by no means the total cost of ownership
for that PC for the length of time I'll want to be using it.
<clamp meter on 4-way extension strip cable to my
PC>
... about 200 watts, less a bit for the hifi amp and mixer that are
currently running. Say 120-150 watts for a Duron 1100 and a 19"
monitor, that is run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Probably about as
much power as the cooling fans alone in my PDP11 rack.
Not really a lot, is it?
More than the electricity costs of reading a book (either by daylight or
by compact fluorescent lamp at night)....
-tony