Re: Green Apple Small Carbon

[John <zzzjoki@yahoo.com>]

On May 26, 5:48 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> John wrote:
> > OK. I just went off to Amazon and ordered a P3 4400. I hope that's
> > what you meant. It looks pretty darn cool. I'll be checking a few
> > things. Neat.
>
> Bingo!
>
> > Anyway, if I understand what was posted, could the power supply itself
> > in the A2 be the most wasteful component aside from the monitor?
>
> Actually, the A2 power supply is quite efficient--the first modern
> switch-mode power supply in a personal computer!
>
> It's not quite up to today's specs, but 70%-80% efficiency isn't bad.
> That means that the power supply itself only "wastes" about 20%-30%
> of the power being consumed--the rest goes to heating the computer.  ;-)

OK. Thanks.