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Windows 7: Did anyone know this?
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11 Nov 2011
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Windows 7 Ultimate - 64-bit | Windows 8 Pro - 64-bit |
Did anyone know this?
I know it's a old news but I was kind of shocked to see this ... Quote: Dr Wissner-Gross's study claims that two Google searches on a desktop computer produces 14g of CO2, which is the roughly the equivalent of boiling an electric kettle BBC NEWS | Technology | 'Carbon cost' of Google revealed | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Samsung NP550P5C-S02IN
OS Windows 7 Ultimate - 64-bit | Windows 8 Pro - 64-bit
CPU Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 3,610QM (2.30Hz, 6MB L3 Cach
Memory 8 GB
Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M 2GB Graphics, Optimus™ techno
Sound Card SoundAlive™ JBL 3 Speakers (With sub-Woofer)
Monitor(s) Displays 39.62cm (15.6) SuperBright 300nit HD+ LED Display
Screen Resolution 1,600 x 900, Anti-Reflective
Hard Drives 1TB S-ATA II Hard Drive (5,400RPM)
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11 Nov 2011
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Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit SP 1 |
| | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Self Assembled
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit SP 1
CPU Intel Core i3 2120 @ 3.30GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. H61M-DS2 DVI
Memory Corsair 2GB x2 (Single-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz)
Graphics Card 2047MB GeForce GTS 450 (ZOTAC International)
Sound Card Onboard (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Monitor(s) Displays LG Flatron E2040T
Screen Resolution 1600x900
Keyboard Logitech MK220
Mouse Logitech MK220
PSU uMAX 750 watt.
Case iBall
Cooling Air/ Fans
Hard Drives Western Digital 1 TB
Seagate 500 GB
Internet Speed BSNL Broadband
Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser Waterfox
Other Info Dell Studio 15" Laptop
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11 Nov 2011
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Windows 7 Professional SP1 32-bit Fantasyland |
I bet that's nothing compared to the CO2 output of, say, Facebook for a day.   | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom-built
OS Windows 7 Professional SP1 32-bit
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz, overclocked to 2.7GHz
Motherboard Asus PL5D2
Memory 4GB DDR2-667 (4x1GB in dual-channel config)
Graphics Card nVidia GeForce 9800 GT
Sound Card Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic
Monitor(s) Displays Acer
Screen Resolution 1920x1200 (DVI)
Keyboard Standard
Mouse Microsoft wireless optical mouse
PSU Antec TruePower 2.0
Case Cooler Master Centurion
Cooling various fans
Hard Drives OCZ SSD Vertex Plus 60GB SATA (Firmware 3.55), 64MB cache
Hitachi HD321KJ SATA, 320GB, 7200rpm, 16MB cache
Internet Speed DSL; ~330KB/sec down, ~110KB/sec up
Other Info Have a laptop too :) (Compaq CQ60 also with Win7 Pro SP1 32-bit)
Drives in both systems:
C: - Windows 7 + apps. Pagefile is fixed size and located at the very end of the partition.
D: - various temp files/cache for Firefox and apps/games.
E: - videos, music, misc. storage, torrent downloads, etc.
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11 Nov 2011
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Keep in mind that doing NO Google searches on your computer will have the same effect.
Anyway, 14 g is entirely trivial. How does that compare to backing your car out of the driveway, just once? | | My System Specs | | |
11 Nov 2011
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Quote: Originally Posted by lhorwinkle  Keep in mind that doing NO Google searches on your computer will have the same effect... i don't think this is true, because some power is also used by the google servers whilst processing your query, which wouldn't happen if you did no searches. (and a teensy little bit of power is also used by your nic, router, isp etc etc when data is sent and received.)
anyway, the OP's article is nearly three years old, and google have taken steps to ensure the power used by their data centres isn't as much as it once was.  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number mickey megabyte 1234
OS ultimate 64 sp1
CPU i5 2500K 3.3@4.2GHz
Motherboard MSI P67A-GD53
Memory 8 gigs GSkill Ripjaws 1600
Graphics Card amd hd6950
Sound Card creative x-fi gamer
Monitor(s) Displays samsung 24"
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard saitek eclipse ii
Mouse logitech g3
PSU antec 550
Case antec three hundred
Cooling i'm a cooling fan
Hard Drives ocz vertex 2e 60 gig, samsung f3 1tb, buffalo 2tb ext
Internet Speed about 4 Mbps
Other Info i love win7
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11 Nov 2011
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Windows 7 Ultimate - 64-bit | Windows 8 Pro - 64-bit |
Man ... So there is no point in having a signature "Consider environment before printing this e-mail" | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Samsung NP550P5C-S02IN
OS Windows 7 Ultimate - 64-bit | Windows 8 Pro - 64-bit
CPU Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 3,610QM (2.30Hz, 6MB L3 Cach
Memory 8 GB
Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M 2GB Graphics, Optimus™ techno
Sound Card SoundAlive™ JBL 3 Speakers (With sub-Woofer)
Monitor(s) Displays 39.62cm (15.6) SuperBright 300nit HD+ LED Display
Screen Resolution 1,600 x 900, Anti-Reflective
Hard Drives 1TB S-ATA II Hard Drive (5,400RPM)
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11 Nov 2011
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yes there is. printing uses a lot more power (and paper and ink/toner and printer wear-and-tear) than googling.
you could even consider generalising the sig into "consider the environment before doing anything".
however, you also have to realise that using power is unavoidable in the modern world - just try not to waste too much of it! | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number mickey megabyte 1234
OS ultimate 64 sp1
CPU i5 2500K 3.3@4.2GHz
Motherboard MSI P67A-GD53
Memory 8 gigs GSkill Ripjaws 1600
Graphics Card amd hd6950
Sound Card creative x-fi gamer
Monitor(s) Displays samsung 24"
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard saitek eclipse ii
Mouse logitech g3
PSU antec 550
Case antec three hundred
Cooling i'm a cooling fan
Hard Drives ocz vertex 2e 60 gig, samsung f3 1tb, buffalo 2tb ext
Internet Speed about 4 Mbps
Other Info i love win7
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11 Nov 2011
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Windows 7 Ultimate - 64-bit | Windows 8 Pro - 64-bit |
Quote: Originally Posted by mickey megabyte yes there is. printing uses a lot more power (and paper and ink/toner and printer wear-and-tear) than googling.
you could even consider generalising the sig into "consider the environment before doing anything".
however, you also have to realise that using power is unavoidable in the modern world - just try not to waste too much of it! That's true. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Samsung NP550P5C-S02IN
OS Windows 7 Ultimate - 64-bit | Windows 8 Pro - 64-bit
CPU Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 3,610QM (2.30Hz, 6MB L3 Cach
Memory 8 GB
Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M 2GB Graphics, Optimus™ techno
Sound Card SoundAlive™ JBL 3 Speakers (With sub-Woofer)
Monitor(s) Displays 39.62cm (15.6) SuperBright 300nit HD+ LED Display
Screen Resolution 1,600 x 900, Anti-Reflective
Hard Drives 1TB S-ATA II Hard Drive (5,400RPM)
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11 Nov 2011
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Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
14g may be trivial, but it is the many 14gs that add up. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops
OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7
Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207
Keyboard with trackball - no mices
Mouse Trackball mice
Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals
Internet Speed DSL 6000
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