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| lizby Guru  Joined: 17/05/2016 Location: United StatesPosts: 3319 |
I think I see your point. I also like to be economical--frugal--maybe even stingy by some lights. But the question can be, what are we economizing on? But it's not (mostly) "for the sake of bloat". Microsoft (like seemingly everybody else on the web now), wants to advertise. On my new refurbed Win11 laptop I went through the de-bloating process which I think you (or maybe someone else) recommended above. We all now unfortunately have to work to avoid being swamped with "slop". But it's also true that it may not be worth taking the time to clean up. Here's a bit of a list from a folder I have: Directory of C:\bin 07/31/1985 08:24 PM 512 VTREE.COM 01/07/1986 12:11 AM 11 FF.COM 01/14/1986 01:59 AM 43,520 SE.EXE 06/05/1986 01:59 PM 591 SWEEP.COM 08/13/1986 01:37 PM 204 SEE.MAC 09/13/1987 01:57 PM 11,210 CALENDAR.EXE 11/10/1987 04:23 PM 1,386 PRN2FILE.COM 08/29/1988 05:00 AM 6,979 GREP.COM 08/29/1988 05:00 AM 6,979 grep0.com 08/29/1988 05:00 AM 6,979 GREP_old.COM 08/29/1988 05:00 AM 3,992 TOUCH.COM Programs from 1985 and 1986--most or all of which won't run now. But I don't see that I gain anything by finding and deleting them. And they remind me of what computing once was like. It's not that I dislike Linux. I've had dozens of Linux devices--a few desktop but mostly little boxes running openWrt. I bought my first Seagate Dockstars in 2010, and I still have 6 of them running--operating cameras or serving as data accumulators and message servers--terrific little headless devices. Talk about economical (but they won't give you a PC experience). PicoMite, Armmite F4, SensorKits, MMBasic Hardware, Games, etc. on fruitoftheshed |
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Mixtel90 Guru Joined: 05/10/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 7523 |
I know what I'm economising on - electricity. :) Under normal running conditions this PC is probably drawing quite a bit less than the graphics card on many systems, even when they are running lightly loaded. According to Intel this CPU draws typically 4W or 6W with both cores running under high load. No power is wasted running a cooling fan, so all thermal energy is returned to help heat the room. :) It's not going to manage much in the way of video editing with only 4GB of RAM though. lol Mick Zilog Inside! nascom.info for Nascom & Gemini Preliminary MMBasic docs & my PCB designs |
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| lizby Guru Joined: 17/05/2016 Location: United StatesPosts: 3319 |
My laptop has a 60W charger. If I used it 16 hours a day (which I don't), and it had the maximum draw (which it doesn't), that would be 960 watts a day. In Nova Scotia, my kWh charge is 16 cents (which with the current exchange rate is equivalent to the 12 U.S. cents kWh charge when we're in Florida). The absolute most I could economize on with a more efficient PC is .144 Euros or .12 GBP per day. In contrast, the heat pumps I now have running appear likely to give me a net annual savings of $800CDN over burning oil. PicoMite, Armmite F4, SensorKits, MMBasic Hardware, Games, etc. on fruitoftheshed |
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