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Joe
Posted Tuesday 11th November 2008 14:13 GMT
Surely the benefit of low power consumption in laptop hard drives is about extending battery life, not about being eco-friendly?
bluesxman
Posted Tuesday 11th November 2008 16:49 GMT
Surely one leads to t'other: better battery life = longer charge intervals = less power consumed ...
Posted Tuesday 11th November 2008 19:33 GMT
One leads to the other, but it's not the motivation for lower power hard drives, as this article implied. In fact, the drive discussed is green for other reasons - it's halogen-free, according to more comprehensive reports floating about the web.
Rich
Posted Wednesday 12th November 2008 21:21 GMT
I could be massively more interested in my longer lasting battery.
I'd like to know how much power it would save, and how many more polar bears will have homes thanks to this "green" invention.
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Joe
Green? #
Posted Tuesday 11th November 2008 14:13 GMT
Surely the benefit of low power consumption in laptop hard drives is about extending battery life, not about being eco-friendly?
bluesxman
RE: Green? #
Posted Tuesday 11th November 2008 16:49 GMT
Surely one leads to t'other: better battery life = longer charge intervals = less power consumed ...
Joe
Re: Re: Green? #
Posted Tuesday 11th November 2008 19:33 GMT
One leads to the other, but it's not the motivation for lower power hard drives, as this article implied. In fact, the drive discussed is green for other reasons - it's halogen-free, according to more comprehensive reports floating about the web.
Rich
Re: Re: Re: Green? #
Posted Wednesday 12th November 2008 21:21 GMT
I could be massively more interested in my longer lasting battery.
I'd like to know how much power it would save, and how many more polar bears will have homes thanks to this "green" invention.