On Apr 27, 2009, at 1:11 PM, Anne Brataas wrote:
> > Thanks for this on the UPS aspect of creating a maximally happy > computer. > > How do I evaluate which UPS is best for my office? > > I'm in a 100-year old stucco tudor building with irregular > everything--never had a disaster, but it's a distinct possibility the > way this place is held together with baling twine and beer tabs--and > really I think I only truly care about the citizens of this list, the > old 1.8 GZ/2GB/80 iMac, and the 1.0 GHZ/1.5 GB Quickbook dual > processor, 2002, and the non-citizen of the list, my new 3.06GHZ/4GB/ > 500 iMac. > > The office has two non-Macs we made, and I'm willing to have them fend > for themselves. And the PowerBook 1.25/1.5 GB/xxxx I will take care > of with proper battery management, once I get its new hard drive in, > correct? APC has a nice little online form that will let you specify what you're plugging in, how long of a run time you want (not really important unless you get lots of blackouts or brownouts and want to work through them) and a few other things, and they present a list of suggested UPS'es. I have an old BackUPS 400 unit at home, for a G4 tower, 19" monitor and a handful of external devices, and at work I've got a BackUPS 900 for an Intel iMac, a monitor and a couple external HDD's. This is overkill, since I get 25-30 minutes time on battery...all I really need is enough time to shut down gracefully. Both do filtering and voltage conditioning on the line voltage. APC's SmartUPS ones are the most expensive, but give you the best protection. One SmartUPS 1000 or 1200 may run you $400-$500, but it will protect all your computers. These have active voltage regulation. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
