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I try to avoid starting new threads for no reason but this deal is worth the attention. I just bought one, I've been using it since last Friday, and I give it excellent ratings. I'm also not the only one who gives approval.
It runs a watered-down version of Ubuntu called gOS operating system. It puts out less then 20dB noise and consumes less then 20W! I can't really even tell when its on.
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You're right, I forgot the zippo...
"Wal-Mart introduced a $200 desktop PC with a Google-centric theme. The gPC is also is being touted as a green PC that only consumes 2-20W of power." - ITBusinessEdge
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The price is good and it is powerful enough for most uses. It would be grerat as a second computer or as the main computer for people that don't run things like Xilinx Webpack.
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I guess that would rule me out, since i just got the webpack. Can you get the operating system by itself? What can you run on it. Seems like it would be at least cool for browsing and looking up data sheets. I could stick one in the garage. My PSU draws ~11W idle.
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If you look at VIA's website, they cite upto 20W power consumption for the processor running the 'green' PC. They've also carbon offset every one of those 2-20W for the expected lifetime of the product, which is pretty cool. Anyway, that's where the number comes from. The computer as a whole will use at least a couple times that, plus monitor.
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