Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 65.171.234.176]
on October 03, 2008 06:36 PM
"Buying new PC's which may use a little less electricity make environmental sense if you take out the energy required to make the new PC, the energy required to obtain the materials. Also take into account the impact of a dumped old PC into landfill."
Yeah--today's "old PCs" are likely EnergyStar compliant, and power saving features are more likely to work on older hardware than new. We're past the days of recycling 286s to use as mailservers.
I don't throw out any hardware until it either no longer works, or I can otherwise no longer use the hardware. It then goes either to a recycler or to charity. Much to my wife's chagrin, I'm also happy to take peoples' old hardware.
Having said that, if your choice is a brand-new dedicated box or a brand-new generic PC, this sort of thing might be worth looking at, I suppose.
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Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 65.171.234.176] on October 03, 2008 06:36 PMYeah--today's "old PCs" are likely EnergyStar compliant, and power saving features are more likely to work on older hardware than new. We're past the days of recycling 286s to use as mailservers.
I don't throw out any hardware until it either no longer works, or I can otherwise no longer use the hardware. It then goes either to a recycler or to charity. Much to my wife's chagrin, I'm also happy to take peoples' old hardware.
Having said that, if your choice is a brand-new dedicated box or a brand-new generic PC, this sort of thing might be worth looking at, I suppose.
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