<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Michael Mol <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mikemol@gmail.com">mikemol@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">Bob Kline wrote:<br>
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> One could get or borrow a Kill-A-Watt and<br>
> take it along. Cyberguys carries them.<br>
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</div>Always a good idea, but remember that power consumption depends a great<br>
deal on workload.<br>
<div><div></div> </div></blockquote><div><br>Good point. Is there a standard load<br>program that one could use to exercise<br>the machine? Make as many elements <br>of the CPU huff and puff as possible,<br>and maybe get the hard drive(s) to do<br>
the same by reading and writing lots of<br>small files?<br><br>Something where one could take along<br>a copy of something like Knoppix and<br>the program and give it whirl?<br><br> -- Bob<br> <br></div></div>