Michal Kubecek composed on 2015-05-07 00:27 (UTC+0200):
6-killing off 32 bit means inducing otherwise premature migration of working machines into landfills, econeg.
I wouldn't be so sure about that, old machines tend to be less energy efficient.
It isn't just about cost to use. It's also about raw materials depletion and other costs to manufacture and ship, and about the relationships among them. It makes little sense to incur cost to acquire greater efficiency if actual use is low making payback negative or long. Increasing MPG from 15MPG to 30MPG will not recover a $20,000 investment through fuel cost savings at North American fuel prices if driving only 3,300 miles/year. Newer == better is a theory that doesn't necessarily work out as expected. Energy Star has been around a long time, well over a decade, maybe two by now. Suspend and sleep are old too. Assuming all else equal, new that is 4X as fast and 2X as efficient probably still consumes something approaching 2X the power of the baseline. 20X as fast is unlikely to be 20X as efficient. I've been measuring and recording actual consumption by my own machines for years. They vary all over the place. Age is a poor predictor. The biggest indicator of deviation from average electrical consumption is the size of gfxchip heat sink, and fan vs. no fan, but case size and CPU cooling count too, even need for heat sinks on RAM. Small cases have fewer components and usually less capable power supplies that run at higher fraction of capability, which commonly translates to higher net efficiency. Old machines with tiny or no gfxchip heat sink and no fan aren't big power consumers or heat producers. Newer may well use less electricity, but there's nothing like a guarantee total cost will be less. What ain't broke rarely needs fixin. :-) -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org