8 watt PC+ ubuntu

I've always been interested in low power PCs, and found this.
http://librenix.com/?inode=11001
even  a telnet game at the bottom of that page

Not exactly embedded, but 8 watts, 

Just wondering if if there are other lower powered PCs around (cheap)
that can be recommended?


Martin

On Aug 19, 3:25 am, Martin Griffith <mart_in_medina@ya___.es> wrote:
> I've always been interested in low power PCs, and found this.http://librenix.com/?inode=11001
> even  a telnet game at the bottom of that page
>
> Not exactly embedded, but 8 watts,
>
> Just wondering if if there are other lower powered PCs around (cheap)
> that can be recommended?

I'm running Debian on an NSLU2. It runs 5W typical (measured myself)
and is rated as 7W max. Since I use it as my main web and file server
running 24/7 I calculated that at USD $99 it pays for itself in about
18 months by saving electricity compared to a regular PC. Of course,
the external harddisk attached to it is itself consuming around 10W
depending on load. But 17W is still a lot less power consumed compared
to a regular PC. It's even lower than the power consumption of most
laptops.

On Aug 19, 6:29 am, "slebet...@yahoo.com" <slebet...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 19, 3:25 am, Martin Griffith <mart_in_medina@ya___.es> wrote:
>
> > I've always been interested in low power PCs, and found this.http://librenix.com/?inode=11001
> > even  a telnet game at the bottom of that page
>
> > Not exactly embedded, but 8 watts,
>
> > Just wondering if if there are other lower powered PCs around (cheap)
> > that can be recommended?
>
> I'm running Debian on an NSLU2. It runs 5W typical (measured myself)
> and is rated as 7W max. Since I use it as my main web and file server
> running 24/7 I calculated that at USD $99 it pays for itself in about
> 18 months by saving electricity compared to a regular PC. Of course,
> the external harddisk attached to it is itself consuming around 10W
> depending on load. But 17W is still a lot less power consumed compared
> to a regular PC. It's even lower than the power consumption of most
> laptops.

Hmm.. it appears that their 8W rating is with hard disk. How do they
manage to get a hard disk to run on so little power? My Maxtor runs
quite hot, it idles at around 3-4W but with all my bittorrenting it is
rarely idle.

Of course, for the ultimate power saving I can simply run my server
from a thumb drive.

slebetman@yahoo.com schrieb:

> Hmm.. it appears that their 8W rating is with hard disk. How do they
> manage to get a hard disk to run on so little power? My Maxtor runs
> quite hot, it idles at around 3-4W but with all my bittorrenting it is
> rarely idle.

Maybe they use a HDD made for laptops.

Philipp

Martin Griffith wrote:
> I've always been interested in low power PCs, and found this.
> http://librenix.com/?inode=11001
> even  a telnet game at the bottom of that page
>
> Not exactly embedded, but 8 watts,
>
> Just wondering if if there are other lower powered PCs around (cheap)
> that can be recommended?

I was going to order one ($99) til I saw that they want another $30 plus 
shipping to another location.  This just to "unlock" the device so you can 
actually use the internal hard drive to install an OS, how pathetically 
lame.
https://store.dataevolution.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=DT%2DA 

Anthony Fremont wrote:
> Martin Griffith wrote:
>> I've always been interested in low power PCs, and found this.
>> http://librenix.com/?inode=11001
>> even  a telnet game at the bottom of that page
>>
>> Not exactly embedded, but 8 watts,
>>
>> Just wondering if if there are other lower powered PCs around (cheap)
>> that can be recommended?
>
> I was going to order one ($99) til I saw that they want another $30
> plus shipping to another location.  This just to "unlock" the device
> so you can actually use the internal hard drive to install an OS, how
> pathetically lame.
> https://store.dataevolution.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=DT%2DA

Upon further investigation, it appears that this is no longer an issue.  I 
think I may get one to tinker with after all.  I've never installed (or even 
seen) Ubuntu Linux (I'm a Gentoo fan myself) so this might be fun.