On Wed, 23 Nov 2011, Jiri Baum <jiri@baum.com.au> wrote:
Russell Coker:
high-end laptops apparently exceed 100W - I've heard accounts of airlines providing only 120W of electricity to a passenger and having the circuit- breaker trip when a laptop is plugged in.
Odds are that would be charging current, though, not power consumption.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/technical-foundations-diy-solar-powered- pc,1693.html If a laptop when charging uses >120W then it probably uses >60W when active which makes it in the same range as desktop systems. Admittedly the above PC design from Tom's Hardware is quite a bit different from what most of us have on our desktops. But I think it demonstrates that a desktop PC designed for low power use can equal high end laptops for power use while beating them for performance. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/