On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 04:18:53PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > I'm not sure what you mean by that reference to recycling. Do you mean > that replacing the machine will produce more waste
yes, in almost all parts of the planet when one dismiss a tecnological product one produces something bad for ecology, since the product is not correclty recycled. > > * I am not expert, but I do not belive that it is so easy and so cheap > > to find a i386 compatible processor (and motherboard, ...) that consumes > > less power than a old fanless 486 and is as much reliable as that old > > processor. However I am very interested in the contrary. > > This is Debian: the family of the CPU doesn't really matter. sorry, I was referring to the fact that the wife of one debian user has health problems with frequencies of 200Mz and above. I have problems with english language. > For a headless machine, a little MIPS-based home-router will definitely > consume less and should be just as reliable. I do not dubt this. My phrase also had the specification "i386 compatible". And I was not thinking/talking about headless (which could be related to the reasons to have a i386 compatible processor and motherboard, but I am not sure). -- Chi usa software non libero avvelena anche te. Digli di smettere. Informatica=arsenico: minime dosi in rari casi patologici, altrimenti letale. Informatica=bomba: intelligente solo per gli stupidi che ci credono. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
