> Apples to Oranges though (or Apples, but still). The comparison should be a laptop from 2007. I ran a house on solar electricity and windpower back then, my l

> Apples to Oranges though (or Apples, but still). The comparison should be a laptop from 2007. I ran a house on solar electricity and windpower back then, my laptop was about 35 Watts according to the e-meter connected to it, my present day laptop is roughly the same. No, it shouldn't. Many people use laptops today for the things they used Desktops in the past.