Comments on: Want a Free Mac Mini? It Pays for Itself in 2 Years with Energy Savings http://osxdaily.com/2009/10/27/want-a-free-mac-mini-it-pays-for-itself-in-2-years-with-energy-savings/ News, tips, software, reviews, and more for Mac OS X, iPhone, iPad Fri, 24 May 2013 05:38:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: ehh http://osxdaily.com/2009/10/27/want-a-free-mac-mini-it-pays-for-itself-in-2-years-with-energy-savings/#comment-97508 ehh Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:56:09 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=1734#comment-97508 really bad comparison, my bill sways a lot more that $20 between months depending on weather, sunny days etc.... $20 / 10c (cost of kwh) = 200 kwh / month 200 kwh / 30 days = 6.666 kwh /day 6.666 kwh / 24 h = .277 kw = 277 watt SO the mac mini would have to use 277 watt LESS of power to make a difference like that, and that's if it was running full steam 7/24 My UPS tells me that my quad core AMD home fileserver with 3 hd's and 4 gig ram uses 120 watt when it is on and under heavy load gets close to 200 watt so you can see that this guys electric bill is not affected by just the mac mini, unless he switched a cray for mac mini. surprised that you guys are spreading such bull !!! really bad comparison, my bill sways a lot more that $20 between months depending on weather, sunny days etc….

$20 / 10c (cost of kwh) = 200 kwh / month

200 kwh / 30 days = 6.666 kwh /day

6.666 kwh / 24 h = .277 kw = 277 watt

SO the mac mini would have to use 277 watt LESS of power to make a difference like that, and that’s if it was running full steam 7/24

My UPS tells me that my quad core AMD home fileserver with 3 hd’s and 4 gig ram uses 120 watt when it is on and under heavy load gets close to 200 watt

so you can see that this guys electric bill is not affected by just the mac mini, unless he switched a cray for mac mini.

surprised that you guys are spreading such bull !!!

]]> By: Movaration http://osxdaily.com/2009/10/27/want-a-free-mac-mini-it-pays-for-itself-in-2-years-with-energy-savings/#comment-97440 Movaration Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:02:54 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=1734#comment-97440 I was looking for an excuse to order a mac mini and you just gave me one. My wife is going to kill me, or maybe not when the lower bill comes! I was looking for an excuse to order a mac mini and you just gave me one. My wife is going to kill me, or maybe not when the lower bill comes!

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