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Andrew |
posted on 12th May 10 at 20:02 |
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. | |
Twiggy |
posted on 12th May 10 at 11:58 |
Nahh...The landlord gave us £20 to get us started | |
Andrew |
posted on 11th May 10 at 22:36 |
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. | |
moka |
posted on 9th May 10 at 18:25 |
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. | |
dannymccann |
posted on 9th May 10 at 05:29 |
Suppose it comes down to price as I can build new internals for my full size desktop for £150 ish | |
noshua |
posted on 8th May 10 at 23:22 |
quote: How much did you pick it up for? And what OS/software are you running the server on? I'm nosey and curious :) | |
moka |
posted on 8th May 10 at 23:14 |
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. | |
dannymccann |
posted on 8th May 10 at 20:11 |
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? | |
moka |
posted on 8th May 10 at 14:22 |
quote: If you were talking about the FITPC, i have the Slim edition (ever smaller), and not the newer one so HD films is a no no. Its a 550mhz Geode processor with 512mb ram, 160GB HDD. Its about the size of a wallet lol. I use it as a headless ubuntu server with a couple of tera drives attached to it and its fuckin superb - was exactly what i was looking for. :thumbs: | |
dannymccann |
posted on 7th May 10 at 20:25 |
quote: Yea, even if I set it on high power it still isnt as good as on the battery, just slows up, so I dont bother anymore. I tend to use my Desire for browsing now though tbh. Might have to look into one of these new fangled eco PC's, this ancient thing im on now struggles with YouTube videos on a fresh XP install :| | |
jamied |
posted on 7th May 10 at 18:39 |
cant see it making any difference to a bill mate whether you use a laptop or pc | |
Rob_Quads |
posted on 7th May 10 at 18:31 |
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. | |
Dom |
posted on 7th May 10 at 18:28 |
quote: 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. | |
Twiggy |
posted on 7th May 10 at 18:19 |
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! | |
John |
posted on 7th May 10 at 18:07 |
I hadn't heard of that, does it really do 1080p, for instance the tv series mkv's or films? | |
dannymccann |
posted on 7th May 10 at 18:07 |
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. | |
moka |
posted on 7th May 10 at 18:01 |
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 | |
John |
posted on 7th May 10 at 17:44 |
Or just remove the battery. | |
Dom |
posted on 7th May 10 at 17:37 |
quote: Give it a few years and i'm sure you'll start taking more interest in energy consumption, especially when your energy bills start to sky rocket :lol::lol: By the way twiggy, if you're thinking of using a laptop as your main system then as a rule of thumb it's better to charge the laptop when needed rather than leave the charger connected as it can shorted the life span of the battery. | |
Brett |
posted on 7th May 10 at 17:32 |
I have to be honest and say that the power consumption of any device in my home has never crossed my mind :lol: | |
Dom |
posted on 7th May 10 at 17:23 |
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. | |
adiohead |
posted on 7th May 10 at 17:22 |
laptop | |
Twiggy |
posted on 7th May 10 at 17:08 |
:wave: |