eee PC = Lower Power Consumption?

One of the most promoted selling points about the eee PC is its lower power consumption. I'm curious as to whether this is true, and in real world terms just how much less of a resource hog is an eee PC, as compared to, say, a Levovo T60.

Does anyone have solid data on this?

 

An EEE PC will have a lower wattage than a 15-inch laptop because of its low power components and small screen... you could look up the numbers on the maker's website. Are you concerned about battery life?

 

The 6600MaH 6 cell battery can keep the 1000H alive for over 7 hours if you try for max battery life, Vista users have pushed past 8 hours!

It has **** good battery life and thus has very low power consumption.

Main parts that make this possible.

> LED backlight
> Atom CPU
> Integrated Graphics

 

No, actually I'm concerned about the amount of electricity being used. I live in the Virgin Islands and utility bills are out of this world. I do an extensive amount of work online, and was curious if purchasing an eee PC would represent a significant electricity saving over my 15.4' T60.

 

I think I already answered your question above but if that did not answer it this will: http://www.p3international.com/products/special/P4400/P4400-CE.html

Also to put things in perspective for you, one of the most power hungry beasts I have ever seen is the C90S it took so much power because it used a desktop cpu that they had to send us a free upgrade from the 90w power adapter to a 120w power adapter.

In a WORST CASE situation, with a EXTREMELY POWER HUNGRY NOTEBOOK, it would draw just over 100w of power. The same as the lightbulb you may have in your lamp.

So in other words, your current laptop probably uses very little power, and the EEE uses even less. But the amount of power that amounts too is very little and thus very small portion of you electric bill. If your really concerned about your power bill that much the first thing to start doing is make sure you turn off lights when your not using them, and make sure you have energy efficient units for your main power using appliances, The Refrigerator/Freezer, The Washer/Dryer, And your AC/Heat. In addition to that good insulation for your house makes a huge difference if you keep central AC going.

Maybe you should invest in that unit I have above just so you can see what kind of power each thing in your house uses, you may be surprised.

Just hanging your cloths out to dry the good ol' way would save you enough power to run your notebook for 3 days straight I bet.

 

Thanks very much for that very comprehensive reply. I would certainly hang my clothes out to dry, if it wasn't against ordinance. Your points are well taken.

 

I saw a very big drop in my power bill when I replaced my old fridge with a power saver unit. Same for the AC.

Electric motors like fans draw a good bit of power too.


If you look at your power brick for your notebook thats a good idea of the absolute max power it could hope to draw.

It may be in volts & amps so just multiply it together for the watt rating.