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Re: Green Apple Small Carbon
John wrote:
On May 25, 12:57 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
John wrote:
As we all know societies have recently become very concerned about
energy, warming, carbon, etc.
Wouldn't an Apple 2e with a 14" monochrome monitor consume far less
power than a typical desktop PC with 19" CRT, or even PC + LCD? (maybe
even a laptop - don't know)
If so, then that is another reason for going 8 bit.
I suspect that the laptop wins in most cases, particularly against
*any* CRT monitor.
If an Apple II were implemented in modern ASIC technology (or even
custom ;-), like the C= DTV, then the entire computer could dissipate
less than a watt, no problem. The display would dominate the power
equation.
But even in its //e form, the power dissipation is only a few watts
(unless you add a TransWarp ;-).
I was going to mention an unaccelerated 2e since that would be even
greener!
A Zip Chip uses a fraction of a watt, even at 8MHz!
So anyway, we are pretty green here & maybe enough to boast to non-
laptop users.
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BTW -- totally offtopic.
Has anyone see those LED backlit LCD screens yet? I think Apple was
gong to switch over. Suppose to be better looking (not sure why that
is), and I would think, more durable (longer hours over cold cathode
FL - if that's what they use).
It's easier to make a tricolor LED illuminator with a wider color
gamut than a CCFL.
If so, any idea of how that might affect power consumption?
It's got to be good for the future, since LEDs and OLEDs are still
climbing the efficiency ladder, while flourescents are just about done.
But for now, LEDs have a hard time beating CCFLs in intrinsic
efficiency, but they can have a more efficient power supply.
-michael
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