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Old 09-04-2013, 04:43 AM   #45 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
...The original 128k Macintosh in 1984 drew 15w, about the same as a light light.
A current lappy consumes about 40-90w which (at 3-6 times the draw) seems a waste by comparison. But it is also doing around 3-400 times more work*

*(yeah I know there is a lot more to performance than Mhz vs Ghz...)
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