Re: Power consumption HZ100, HZ250, HZ1000: new numbers

[Lars Marowsky-Bree <lmb@suse.de>]

On 2005-08-02T10:52:00, Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com> wrote:

> > Power consumption matters to server, desktop, and laptop.
> > 
> > Assuming this is a laptop issue is wildly incorrect.
> 
> I would think you'd get the best power/performance ration from a desktop
> by just having it suspend after 5 or 10 minutes of idle time.
> 
> Oh well, I'll shut up, I've already demonstrated a complete ignorance of
> new hardware.

Lee, that is a very impressive statement to make in public, and not many
people are capable of admitting that they were wrong, or that their
focus has been too narrow. It's great to see this discussion has proven
instructing to you.



Sincerely,
    Lars Marowsky-Brée <lmb@suse.de>

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High Availability & Clustering
SUSE Labs, Research and Development
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