Correcting myself on laptop power draw: https://ecocostsavings.com/how-many-watts-does-a-laptop-use/

Looks like idle laptop power draw, on average, is well below the mac mini's 23W.

FWIW, I think the Mac minis, if loaded with a lightweight linux distro, could be used for a basic coding class, or perhaps a DVD player.


Jonathan


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On Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023 at 3:45 PM, Jonathan Cadle via sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss@sudoroom.org> wrote:


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> Last time Rajah and I went looking, we couldn't find any pis, and the last time I saw the box of SBCs, they appeared to be older models without wifi.
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> The mac minis I saw (and the one I have at home, which was of a similar model) are late 2006, and according to apple have an idle power draw of 23W: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201897
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> Assuming the info I found is right (https://energyusecalculator.com/electricity_laptop.htm), an average laptop uses 60w. So the mini might be a good solution for us. I don't have the expertise necessary to test/compare power draw of a given laptop though; would anyone be interested in doing so? I'd love to learn.
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> Jonathan
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> ------- Original Message -------
> On Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023 at 3:03 PM, Jake via sudo-discuss sudo-discuss@sudoroom.org wrote:
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> > There were three and Rajah knows where two of them are, i have one in my
> > locker. But they are not energy efficient, and we need to be careful about
> > things that get left on all the time because they run up our power bill.
> >
> > The raspberry pi is not a bad idea and i think there are a few around.
> >
> > -jake
> >
> > On Wed, 22 Mar 2023, Juliana A via sudo-discuss wrote:
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> > > I think I also saw some mac minis at SudoRoom (not sure if they work), so
> > > another idea is to use one of them as a replacement computer.
> > >
> > > On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 12:56 PM Jake jake@spaz.org wrote:
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> > > > I believe Rajah knows of a laptop that doesn't have a working screen, which
> > > > would be perfect for that TV. It would have wifi and can be attached to
> > > > the
> > > > wall right under the TV, and a mouse and keyboard can be plugged in if
> > > > necessary (although i'm skeptical if that's a good idea)
> > > >
> > > > -jake
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, 22 Mar 2023, Jonathan Cadle via sudo-discuss wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On the topic of the calendar display, the Chromecast keeps going off, so
> > > > > we are looking for a replacement computer. I should have some time to look
> > > > > into solutions within the next week or so.
> > > > >
> > > > > ------- Original Message -------
> > > > > On Tuesday, March 21st, 2023 at 10:11 PM, Z Silver Zahn via sudo-discuss
> > > > > sudo-discuss@sudoroom.org wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I added women/non-binary code monday night and hard wear hacking
> > > > > > tuesday weekly, am I missing any other events? This calendar is made for
> > > > > > building occupied spaces. Thinking about installing second tv for online
> > > > > > events since Omni has a lot
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 5:32 PM Juliana A via sudo-discuss <
> > > > > > sudo-discuss@sudoroom.org> wrote:
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> > > > > > > Nope
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 15:14 Andrew R Gross arg5029@gmail.com
> > > > > > > wrote:
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> > > > > > > > That’s a great idea. I will reach out to the Omni events group on
> > > > > > > > slack. I’ll let you know what I hear back. Are you on the slack channel?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 7:45 PM Juliana A via sudo-discuss <
> > > > > > > > sudo-discuss@sudoroom.org> wrote:
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> > > > > > > > > Hey, I was just looking at Omni's calendar and I noticed there's no
> > > > > > > > > SudoRoom events promoted on it, it would be nice to join calendars, or at
> > > > > > > > > least add our events to it and update both calendars when needed.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > So does anyone know the logistics to add stuff to Omni's calendar?
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > --
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> > > > > > > > > julianaferreira@gmail.com
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> > > > > > > > > she/her
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> > > > > > > > Andrew R Gross, (he/him)
> > > > > > > > 412.657.5332 - shrad.org
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