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This makes me wonder how long does it make sense to keep running older, less energy efficient computers? There will be a point where energy wasted on less effic
by pornel 3y ago
This makes me wonder how long does it make sense to keep running older, less energy efficient computers? There will be a point where energy wasted on less efficient components is higher than energy used to build a modern computer.
CPU in this iMac has less than a quarter of iPhone's speed. If it wasn't for macOS, this could probably run on a Raspberry Pi.
- the_third_wave 3y agoA single solar panel on the roof will run a lot of computer, old as well as new. Just add a panel and you can keep on running that older hardware.
- Shawnj2 3y agoProbably not that big of a deal
- nxobject 3y agoI just looked it up – if you're interested in comparing iMacs (2006) to iMacs (2021), it seems like the comparison is ~160W vs ~80W. All of this is moot, though, if it's just a proof of concept/I did it to see whether it was possible! That being said, it's a good question: I always wish there was a tool where you could calculate all of the tradeoffs involved - TCO for you (both purchase and operating costs), TCO for the environment, etc.
- tedunangst 3y agoAlso, power is not energy. If it uses twice the power, but takes 4x longer, that's 8x more energy.
- nxobject 3y agoOh my god you're right – I see high school physics teacher shaking his head at me!
- happytiger 3y agoThis is one of the reasons datacenters turn over equipment every 4 years.