<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Jan Ceuleers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jan.ceuleers@computer.org">jan.ceuleers@computer.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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I submit that the up-front investment cost isn't the only relevant<br>
aspect. There's also the running costs (power and where relevant<br>
cooling) to take into consideration.<br>
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I select hardware for minimal carbon footprint.</blockquote></div><br><br>OK, how about the $200 Popcorn Hour boxes then? They are low power. Lower than most SD frontend computers. They don't play all that well with Myth right now, no commercial skipping, but there is work being done on that. <br>
<br>I expect you are in the minority though. And there's always sleep mode and other power saving tricks. Or one could just turn it off, though you would have to wait for it to boot. <br>