Don't listen to the landlord Twiggy, look after your own intrests. I'd be giving the supplier a call and make sure someone does not owe money on that account.

Nahh...The landlord gave us £20 to get us started

Seems strange. I run two Dell PowerEdge servers 24/7 - plus a PC and a laptop (laptop is on when working from home), TV is always on with sky box, dry my clothes in tumble dryer etc and pay £50 a month.

Could the previous tennat owe any money on this box?

Cost me £70 ish? 2nd hand, bargain i thought. Wanted a 24/7 lite server that cost me next to nothing in the long run. Im running Ubuntu server.

Suppose it comes down to price as I can build new internals for my full size desktop for £150 ish

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Originally posted by moka
The one i have came bundled with some linux distro (cant remember exactly what it was) and could do basic simple tasks OK. I didnt really mess about with it much thou i knew exactly what i was going to do with it before i got it was formatted after about 30mins? lol. The new ones iirc are the same spec as netbooks are nowadays, perfect for small 24/7 home servers or v.light web browsing/email etc.

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The one i have came bundled with some linux distro (cant remember exactly what it was) and could do basic simple tasks OK. I didnt really mess about with it much thou i knew exactly what i was going to do with it before i got it was formatted after about 30mins? lol. The new ones iirc are the same spec as netbooks are nowadays, perfect for small 24/7 home servers or v.light web browsing/email etc.

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Are they actually any good (in standard form) for going on the internet (flash content, scrolling graphic intensive webpages etc? Could it actually replace my 'office' desktop?

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Originally posted by John
I hadn't heard of that, does it really do 1080p, for instance the tv series mkv's or films?

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Originally posted by Dom
Lag in performance? :boggle: Sounds like you have some sort of power feature active.
Also there are plenty of mini-ITX/Pico desktop systems that use 6-20w, which is a fair bit less that the majority of laptop chargers.

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cant see it making any difference to a bill mate whether you use a laptop or pc

All depends on the hardware. I've got a Revo little computer in the livingroom which takes around 40W and its great for browsing and plays every film I can throw at it.

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Originally posted by dannymccann
We have 2 laptops and neither have batteries in, they run directly off the socket, I find the lag in performance when running off a battery on our laptops isnt worth the hassle of them being perfectly mobile.

I would say even the most modern desktop will consume more power than a laptop, albeit it wont be much more. When you start talking about gaming rigs though thats when you probably need to start taking real notice.

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Reason i ask is we have moved in to our new gaff and have a meter. Since we have got the internet connected and the computer is on its drinking juice!

The mrs has just aquired a cheapo laptop and was woundering if there is anything between them?

I hadn't heard of that, does it really do 1080p, for instance the tv series mkv's or films?

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We have 2 laptops and neither have batteries in, they run directly off the socket, I find the lag in performance when running off a battery on our laptops isnt worth the hassle of them being perfectly mobile.

I would say even the most modern desktop will consume more power than a laptop, albeit it wont be much more. When you start talking about gaming rigs though thats when you probably need to start taking real notice.

Entirelly depends on which pc / laptop you go for as stated above. I have a FITPC (google it) and it runs on about 6w's of power iirc which is bugger all whereas a laptop is more 45-60w's ish

Or just remove the battery.

Modern desktops use hardly any power though, or even get a nettop.

It's a difference in tens of pounds a year though, no more than that, nowhere near what the energy adverts claim.

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Originally posted by loafofbrett
I have to be honest and say that the power consumption of any device in my home has never crossed my mind :lol:

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I have to be honest and say that the power consumption of any device in my home has never crossed my mind :lol:

depends on spec (can get some seriously low powered PC), but i would generally say it's a laptop as a laptops charger is roughly 40w or so compared to say a pc which is about 80-100w at idle.

laptop

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