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[hog]

To be green is to be human

By Paul Hales in Madrid: vendredi 21 septembre 2007, 13:42
PC DESIGN will become more focused on what the consumer really wants to do with their computer rather than try to be all things to all people, Acer boss Gianfranco Lanci says.

The small form factor PC will be in and the big box will be out. PC buyers may have to be educated to realise that expandability is a waste of space and power, Lanci suggests, but he believes that to cut costs and be kinder to the environment the small form factor box will deliver only what the customer needs "and no more".

For Lanci being green is not just a marketing message."It’s something we need to do because it is important." It's the socially responsible thing to do.

"We are human beings and we want to live on this planet for as long as possible - I hope."

But it will become increasingly difficult in the short term to manage power in multi-core products, he suggests.

"Do we need quad core or not" he asked. "It's a very good question." µ

The Inquirer


On one hand, I agree with the fact that the increasing speed of CPU's and number of cores is starting to become to much for what the average customer really needs. But on the other hand, one cannot deny the fact that workstations and gaming computers are fully using those latest technologies. AMD just announced low-power Athlon single-core processors, I guess Mr Lanci will buy one of those if that suits him well.

[m.oreilly]

sure, sff is cool, and i can't wait 'til every component has had a "shrink". solid state hdd, and hd audio/video on an octal core 8 nano die

[Tweak]

I have been thinking now for around 2 yrs I should downsize my cases but I am used to having large systems, always have from the first...maybe someday that'll change, assuming as Mo described componenets shrink, maybe sooner rather than later.

[Christopholofigus]

All i can hear is Scotty saying "We need more power Capt'n!" In geological terms there is nothing we can do to this planet to hurt it. Now now, i said in geological terms. Think about that.

[m.oreilly]

Christopholofigus, on Sep 23 2007, 10:04 PM, said:

...In geological terms there is nothing we can do to this planet to hurt it. Now now, i said in geological terms. Think about that.

depends. so, you mean non impact on a biological level (gaia principle), or cleverly placed nuclear devices at tectonically vulnerable nodes?

[Christopholofigus]

m.oreilly, on Sep 23 2007, 10:50 PM, said:

depends. so, you mean non impact on a biological level (gaia principle), or cleverly placed nuclear devices at tectonically vulnerable nodes?

Think about it, in x many years the plates will have shifted and the planet as we know it will be completely different. We don't have enough nukes to even hurt the planet. Hell, a tornado has more power than an atomic bomb (if i remember right). Sure, we could wipe life off the surface of the planet, but i don't think we could stop life forming here, it is just not within our power. Of course this is all based on what i learned in my geology 101 class. What a great professor i had.