[Pil-pc-oceania] international computer shutdown day - thisSaturday May 3rd

[Daniel Rossi]

On 01/05/2008, at 10:43 PM, Deb Guildner wrote:

> No problem with this one!!
> .
> Does anyone know how much power an idling PC uses? One with the  
> screen turned OFF that is...jusr the hard drive running..

Depends, what is the rating required ? Does the PC turn the drives off  
after idling for a certain amount of time ? Is there many fans ? There  
is a meter device that you can piggy back onto the pc to actually  
check what its using at one given time. I'm actually thinking of  
getting one to test what all the gear is using at once.

Better still can get one of these 8watt computers

http://www.linutop.com/linutop2/index.en.html

Or something even smaller :)

http://europe.nokia.com/A4346040

>
> I am constantly wrangling with my 20 year old about not turning off  
> her PC when she is asleep or away. She gets really annoyed with me  
> when I turn it off, lol.

Sounds like they need a laptop and get it to go into deep hibernation  
mode or possibly even shut it down after a certain idle time. I am not  
sure if pc hardware can do those kind of power schemes.


> She says she wont get her "instant' messages via MSN.  Say I: "  
> Well, if youre away for four days theyre not very instant, are they?  
> Why not email instead?" Its very addictive for the younger  
> generation (and even some of the elders)....

  If they need MSN mobiles can get MSN fine.

>
>
> Just made my first internet phone call...very good sound quality  
> too.   Looking forward to reduced phone costs now. Apparently the PC  
> doesnt need to be turned on to call either, but I havent tried that  
> yet.. If the telecommunications revolution isnt here yet, then it  
> probably isnt coming.

Good on you !, amazingly I am still struggling to get VOIP running as  
im having to switch providers now and the revolution has been around  
for ages, the best thing is a VOIP modem with phone ports because  
thats all you need running. Skype and flash are also good peer2peer  
video/audio conference solutions but skype has been dodgy calling  
international landlines.

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