Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 10th Jun 2008 17:12 UTC, submitted by stonyandcher
Green, power reduction, and climate change are all the rage these days, and the world of computers is not off the hook on this one. Software and hardware manufacturers are trying hard to keep power consumption down - while first something for mostly mobile computers, desktops and servers are now part of the effort too. PC World tested Windows Server 2008 and two Linux server offerings and compared their power usage patterns.
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Member since:2008-06-03
Same here....
I heard someone was releasing a OSX based tablet laptop. Dunno if it's out yet, but using that thing loaded with Leopard vs. a similar sized Fujitsu/NEC/Dell/HP laptop loaded with a custom build of Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu would be a good comparo for power consumption..
My money's on the Linux one, though, coz I'm cheap.
Edited 2008-06-10 22:15 UTC
RE[4]: Linux and OS X - it's a hackup
by jabbotts on Wed 11th Jun 2008 13:03
in reply to "RE[3]: Linux and OS X"
Member since:2007-09-06
If it's the same osX tablet I saw in the news a while back, the guy is taking macbooks and hacking the case together adding a touchscreen layer and leaving out the keyboard and hinge then reselling them. It's still all Apple up until the hardware hacker bit of processing.
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2007-04-06
My MBP, too, lasts considerably longer on OSX than either XP or Kubuntu 8.04
A more interesting, and perhaps fair, comparison would be a custom Linux distro vs OSX on a Hackintosh. Maybe one of those Psystar boxes. Suddendly OSX wouldn't be able to take advantage of all that custom (and in many cases, proprietary) firmware, etc.
I'd love to see the results from that - anyone?