Anyone have the stats on how much power the normal computer uses?

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Hmmm, I ran a few numbers to see how long it would take me to recoup the additional cost of an LCD vs. a CRT monitor. I think I screwed up my calculations! Using this data:

Cost per kWh = $0.092 Used for 3hrs a day at full power.

$300 (difference in purchase price) / $0.03 (difference in cost to operate per day) = 9,881.42 Days. So where did I screw up? Or will it really take me 27.07 years to pay for the difference in initial purchase price?

The numbers used to calculate were not rounded off, but done so here for the sake of simplicity.

Romy

On 04 Jan 2004 20:27:33 GMT, snipped-for-privacy@aol.com (Sasal Suzi) Gave us:

I'm sorry, you retarded twit, but just because SOME stupid Americans are willing to take a poke up the ass does NOT mean that I have to dumb down my opinion of their retarded actions.

I didn't stereotype anyone, I put the tail on the donkey. All 30 million of them, from your number. I was one of the guys that AOL ripped off. ANY of you retards that use them AFTER they committed a criminal act is as UN-American as they are.

Yes. I think AOL, and any retard that uses them should be laughed at...

Oh... that is what we are doing here. Bwuahahahahahahah!!!

No. You made another E-1 grade baby bullshit twit remark. That is all you did. That is all you are.

On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 20:32:43 GMT, "Romy" Gave us:

Despite the price of the electrical costs, I'll take a good, high resolution CRT any day over LCD. It's gonna be a few years before I jump on that bandwagon... like after OLED makes it big.

I took the plunge. Got plenty of space and power cost isn't much of a consideration, but sharpness and lack of flicker is.

Best regards, Spehro Pefhany

On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 20:59:58 GMT, "B J Conner" Gave us:

I do understand goddamned retards, like you though.

The original poster did. So much for your bullshit.

Sad. I learned them from adults in the military. In my view, retards like you need them, if not heavier persuasions. In fact, some of you idiots should be publicly stoned in front of the rest of you idiots. Even that won't solve the problem. The problem is that your mother should have flushed your lame ass, the moment you exited from her lame ass. The fact that she did not means that she should be in jail for letting you live.

Ahhh... You are the expert? I think not.

And you don't understand that YOU are a prime example of just how retarded the "rules are meant to be broken" crowd can actually get.

On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 21:09:51 GMT, Spehro Pefhany Gave us:

Took what plunge? LCD? Yes, it is a plunge... downward.

CRTs are sharper, and they refresh faster. I'm not sure which side you are on though, as your wording is ambiguous to me.

One can buy a High Res, Flat faced CRT at 19" for less than $300. That's pretty good. I doubt that an LCD will ever match it.

IBM has a 19M pixel OLED. It is prolly like $25k though.. :]

My vote if for top posting. I too would rather read the new information and review from top down. Top posting can be structured backward and would be as easy to follow. I like it that way so I do it that way.

If you don't clip out the news:xxxxxxxxxx line you can follow the links all the way back to the original message. I don't think bottom posters even realize that.

My computer has a 400 watt power supply. I could do the math if my 19' monitor wasn't so heavy I might really try it one day. For now I just turn it off.

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I've gone over to the LCD side. Unambiguous.

Would you want to read a 2000 page PDF book on it? Cost per viewing area is still higher for LCDs.

OLED is interesting, but a ways away for big displays. Not sure how good the color fidelity will be for page layout. They are already practical for small colorful displays. I'd love to be able to get a C or D-size 300 DPI work area with good color rendition for page layout.

Best regards, Spehro Pefhany

Not if its expired from the news server.

sQuick..

On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 22:10:42 GMT, "Kilowatt" Gave us:

It isn't about voting, dipshit. It IS bout you following the norms and conventions of the forums in which you invade.

You "don't follow the rules" x gen punks are the most criminal mindset retards this country has ever seen.

On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 22:14:55 GMT, "Kilowatt" Gave us:

Look, dipshit.. Not everyone reads news from the same source as you. OR using the same news reader, nor does everyone have access to all previous posts, nor do they sort or view the posts the same way that your lame ass does... You guys are so retarded! This s*it has been around and around for years. You are on the WRONG side of the fence, you little dweebish wanna bes.

On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 22:17:17 GMT, "Kilowatt" Gave us:

The rating on the power supply has NOTHING to do with what the PC actually uses, dingledorf. It is a declaration of the MAXIMUM that the supply can do. The PC itself uses far less.

On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 22:17:24 GMT, Spehro Pefhany Gave us:

WTF do you mean? A properly configured CRT has LESS flicker than ANY LCD does.

I do not experience eye strain on my CRT. I DO experience it on our

On Sun, 4 Jan 2004 22:17:34 -0000, "sQuick" Gave us:

Trust me, the "top posting is easier" crew of retards in this world will never get it. They also are the same crew that didn't do well on their SATs. Aptitude is everything in some circles.

You made quite a few assumptions that were not true.

A 19 inch monitor is closer to 200 or more watts. They are generally rated at about 250 watts

I do not live in the tennesee valley and do not pay 9.2 cents per killowhat hour. I pay about 26.2 cents per kilowatt hour plus tax.

My 17 inch panel monitor has a 40 watt supply and it runs cool so I assume the monitor is using a lot less than 40 watts unless the screen is a bright white and I do not run it at full brightness. I would assume it uses closer to 10 watts with a blue , but not full brightness desk top.( Just one color on verses all three)

Now the final insult. When you want to get rid of your tube monitor, better not just dump it in the garbage. You might find a citation on your door if you do. What you do with it, and you can not donate it as no one seems to want them, is drive (at least for me) about 90 miles to a hazardous waste site and pay them to take it off your hands.

Of course you can do what ssome city inspector told me to do with it. Leave it in an alley and some one will surely steal it.

But I tried that with an obsolete portable computer and I got all sorts of calls telling me I had forgotten it some wheres, please come and pick it up.

No flat pannels are a lot cheaper now and I guess that is why they now outsell tube monitors.

Take a course in accounting and

Put those figures in your calculator.

YOu remind me of my son when I used to tell him it cost 50 cents a mile to drive a car he used to laugh at me. Now he is an accountant he tells that I am not figuring in all the expenses and it costs even more. I just bought a new set of premioum 85000 mile tires for $400. I will be lucky to get 10,000 miles out of them so that by next winter at the start of the season I will buy a new set and have fresh treads for the winter. Thats 4 cents a mile just for tires. I get great milage driving down the mountain. But pretty lousy driving up the mountain.

ones are labled at about 250 watts][you neglect disposal costs]

hours per day and it does not drop much when it goes into suspension if you want a quick on. It cost more to keep; the filaments on than you are figureing.

I did not mention that Spehro but you are right. The extra couple of square feet of desk space also comes in handy. I rent floor space out at 1.50 per foot per month on a property. I would put desk space at , about 10 dollars a square foot and I guess that should be figured in.