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Re:Apple M1 Ultra by rbanffy on Thursday March 10, 2022 @06:44AM (#30625843)
> "They don't care what the power bill is"

Oh... They do. At least, they should. If a similar PC costs $500 less but you spend $700 more in electricity per year because of it, at the end of the year, your profits will show the difference.

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Re:Apple M1 Ultra by manigandham on Thursday March 10, 2022 @11:05AM (#30628441)
As I said, these numbers are so insignificant that they don't matter. The cost of the employee and their productive is several magnitudes more.

I ran a visual effects company a decade ago. We bought the fastest machines we could because saving time for production was important. The power draw was never a factor; a few catered lunches alone would dwarf the power bill.

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