[ydl-gen] Mac mini vs Powerpc 8600=energy consumption

[Eric Dunbar]

Cool!!!

On 1/9/06, H. Apfel <linux at apfel-edv.de> wrote:
> ><snip>
> >
> >It depends what you use it for and with. Is it headless? Then the Mac
> >mini will probably use half _or less_ the energy that the 8600 with
> >the G4 upgrade (which will add to the load) would.
> >
> >You could be saving on the order of $20-70/year if you were to compare
> >running both machines 24/7 (assuming ~50 W draw for the Mac mini (on
> >average) vs 150 W draw (on average) for your 8600, upgraded to G4 (the
> >upgrade will draw more power than the 8600 would alone)).
>
> Nononono! I measured a Mac mini (1.42 - 1 Gig) at 27 W (Typing) / 35
> W (with optical drive on).
>
> My iBook (1.25) has a 45 W Adapter which powers the computer, screen
> & battery recharger. It's basically the same computer with an added
> screen.
>
> So I'd max the mini (CPU 100% load, low graphic load, no optical
> drive) at 35 W.

(just being conservative (if you'll pardon the bad pun) in my energy
use estimate)

A few questions:

How did you measure usage?

Were you reading with your optical drive or writing?

Also, did you have a BT/Airport Extreme module installed?

Eric.