Re: [ukha_d] Viglen MPC-L - Tiny £99 Linux PC

["Jamie Bennett" <jamie.bennett@xxxxxxxxx>]

I started to look into these machines as a replacement for an aging
mac mini that the kids use to browse the internet. I was put off but a
comment that said this struggle with sites such as youtube, not quite
what I was after. It would be nice to get a real review of these
units, especially as they have a vesa mount and would sit nicely
behind a monitor.

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 11:43 AM, Jon Wilkins <jonpdwilkins@xxxxxxx>
wrote=
:
> It's a shame they don't say more about its "Ultra Low energy
profile" - l=
ike
> "typical" power consumption figures. The claim they make
below is quite
> interesting:
>
> "it's ultra-low energy consumption profile means it only costs
around =A3=
1
> a year to run."
> "Sounds too good to be true?"
>
> Yes. It does.
>
> Some quick fag-packet paths suggest that *if* electricity was still 9p
/ =
kWh
> ( e.g forgetting the 'higher rate' unit costs) then this thing must
consu=
me
> *less than 1.2w*. Of course, I'm assuming it's on 24/7... if they only
> expect the unit to be on 1 hr per day then I guess that allows 30w
> consumption. I expect they mean 8hrs / day which would mean 10w which
> still seems pretty impressive.
>
> jon
>
> 2008/12/2 Stuart Poulton <stuart.poulton@xxxxxxx>
>
>> On Tue, 2008-12-02 at 11:16 +0000, Mark McCall wrote:
>> > > We're all looking forward to your in depth review Mark
;)
>> >
>> > Got right ahead Stuart, Linus is more your bag ;)
>>
>> If you can get viglen to send me a model to review, I'll gladly do
a
>> review.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Stuart
>>
>>
>>
>
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