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From: Denis Cazor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 'Brian J. Beesley' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; 'Joshua Zelinsky'
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 11 March 2001 09:22
Subject: RE: Mersenne: Security of prime95 + electricity costs.
>> 2.What the are actual monetary costs would be of running Prime95. In
>> particular, what are the percentage increases from normal costs.
>
>Depends how much extra you're running the system ... if it's on 24
>hours a day anyway, the answer is _nothing_.
According to the README file, the FPU is shutdown when it's not being used.
Presumably that means it's no longer using power.
[...]
>In winter, when you are heating the house, computer
>is just replacing the heating system, at no extra cost.
With the latest Athlons pushing 50W+ probably the best time for an upgrade is
the autumn. :-)
>Regards,
>Denis Cazor
Daran G.
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