[ALUG] PC World TV Advert

[Adam Bower]

On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 06:21:46PM +0100, Wayne Stallwood wrote:

> out that way. A dual core CPU draws more power than a single of the same
> clock speed and maybe more than one of higher performance.

The way I understood it with the Intel Core Duo 2 was that it pulls
significantly less than any other (single or dual core) Intel CPU since
the Pentium IV was introduced, and is a very good reason as to why my
next machine will probably be Intel and not AMD. I even worked out if I
was to leave my current Athlon XP on 24/7 it'd cost somewhere in the 
region of 131 quid in electricity per year (not counting when i've got
the monitor on etc, that's just with the machine idle) but a newer style
Mac Mini with the core duo cpu (running Linux of course) running 24/7
would cost in the region of 35 quid a year. Which nearly almost
justifies buying one as it will /nearly/ pay for itself in 3 years.

> A better was PC World could have put it would be to change "it allows"
> to "it Helps". 

That certainly seems to fit better than their current tagline, ever
thought about a career in advertising? ;)

Thanks
Adam
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