Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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"But if I simply apply that I have 350W 24 hours for 30 days a month, I will get $17 per month if I pay 7c per KWH.
What Prescott offers me is that I'll have to pay probably over $20 per month for my computer. Thanks, Intel, I'm glad I have a choice."

So...you're complaining that an Intel Prescott system would run you an extra $3 per month in electrical fees?

Well...if power consumption is so important to you, why don't you turn your computer off when you're not using it ? ("Almost all of my frinds, and myself, we never turn the home PC off.")
Sort of hypocritical - aren't you?

Bashing Intel for a possible $3/month increase in utilities pales in comparison with a 50% savings by shutting off your PC for 12 hours a day - unless you're married to your PC.

And by the way - did you ever think of the possibility that an Intel Prescott could increase someone's productivity such that a $3/month extra utility cost could be made up every few hours of every day of every week of every month of every year due to the higher CPU performance- which would make the Precott owner more than happy to pay for the extra $3/month utility fees - a walloping $36/year.

And don't tell me about gamers...

-SZ