How Wireless are you at home..

Siddhartha, no doubt that is true on the saving part solely on one person. The real big saver definitely comes from turning off devices when not in use. This also apply to devices in stand-by mode, even though they may be using less power, it is quietly siphoning power in the long run.

However, if everyone is doing their best to cut down a little bit more power consumption, the accumulated saving will be a lot. It is basically taking an extra step to indirectly reduce the carbon footprint in the long run. :)

I'm so wireless I've got an ethernet cable connected to my PC. And that's my only PC. :mad:

At the other end of the extreme....(In a house completely wired with at least 2 Cat5e drops per room...)

3 wireless Access points. One open to the public (with a high gain antenna), one for general use, and one for "speciallized connectivity").

My 5 servers are hard wired together with a private 1GB smart switch.

My 3 NAS units are connected to the "general use" wireless AP.

My 2 "Dev" boxes are wireless to the "specialized connectivity" wireless (Dev boxes in home office, servers in basement.)

My 4 laptops are typically connected to the internal wireless.

At any given time I have about 10-15 people with DHCP allocations on my public wireless...

...thats about it....

(I remember when many small countries did not have this amount of computer networking. :eek: :eek: :wave:

Wow CPU.. you have more Computing power at home than most of our client company's have in the office..

I'm impressed...

Gremmy..

Yes, really good computing power for a home office. :thumb:

Probably it is generating sufficient heat during the winter and so no need to turn on the heaters.... :D

Gremmy,

Remember I have been running a company since 1984...It just happens to be physically located in my house. ;)

Kheun,

It does take some power, and generates a little heat. But when I turn on my 1968 DEC PDP-8, which draws 40 amps at 120V (4.8KW) is when things really start to get warm....

I realized that.. but still a 'Home Office' is considered that because it's an office at home.. (50% + floor space is used for Living).. I'm comparing to Offices that have entire floors of buldings not having that much power..

For my current work project(Local Council is final Users) , the App has to be able to work 'OFFLINE' (Ie. No network, or wireless) with the Callcentre, Cashiers, and Maintanace offices, who will probably only have 1 self contained PC each, running different sides of the same proggy. I'm talking 3000m2 floor space, 500 workers, and several "Offline" PC's. (Offline as in No LAN)...


BTW: I'd love to see the PDP-8 ...