from very early this morning...

[Gary Kline]

On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 01:47:11AM -0500, Adam Vande More wrote:
> 
> >(But if a dual or a quad sucks up too
> >many watts, that blows much of the original purpose of cutting my
> >footprint.
> >  
> Newer cpu's(multicore vs single) are pretty efficient, here's an article 
> so you don't have to take my word for it.  
> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-cpu-power-consumption,1750-11.html
> 
> also in general if you want lower power consumption look for cpu's w/ 
> smaller fab eg in term of power consumption and size 90 > 65 > 45

	OUTSTANDING.  thanks very much...  i have been wondering whether
	it was worth upgrading my very old hardware (until there are
	really new low-power cpu's) -- or Not.  

	:-)


> >gary
> >
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> >  
> >
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