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Re:M4 Mac mini's efficiency by n_ary on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @01:49AM (#42123527)
My EU mind is blown by these claims. Let’s take the lowest(1W) at sleep mode. With a thousand mac minis at sleep mode, that is already 1kW! In my country, a single person household’s yearly electricity package comes at 1400kW(+100 depending on provider) per year.

Note: intentionally keeping it simple, please don’t nitpick.

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Re:M4 Mac mini's efficiency by kortilla on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @02:55AM (#42123805)
It’s not clear what your point is because you’ve made a strong argument for it being negligible.
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Re:M4 Mac mini's efficiency by mkl on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @07:42AM (#42125567)
No household uses 1400kW, and kW/year doesn't make sense. Do you mean 1400kWh/year? That seems pretty low (NZ is 7000kWh/year), but if so, you're comparing power to energy, which doesn't mean much. 1W 24/7 < 9kWh/year, which is pretty small.
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Re:M4 Mac mini's efficiency by czottmann on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @03:29PM (#42129633)
Personal guess from a fellow European citizen: I think they meant to say 1700 kWh/year. According to most German power utilities, the average 2-person household consumes about 2400 kWh/year.
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