Defy the Credit Crunch Tip #5 – How much do my appliances cost to run?
Posted by Mike Halsey in eco on 29. Nov, 2008 | 0 Comments
I’ve been conducting some tests recently into how much electricity the appliances in my home are really using. I’ve not been able to test things like the lights that are hard-wired in as I’ve been using one of those devices that you plug between the appliance and the mains, but the results have been very [...]
How much power is your PC or mobile phone really using?
Posted by Mike Halsey in cloud computing, eco, saving money on 06. Nov, 2008 | 0 Comments
You switch on your PC to do a little light surfing, now probably more than ever conscious of the electricity it uses. There’s a new breed of low power home computers and they’re proving increasingly popular. But how much power are you really using?
Take your mobile phone for instance. You’re not just using the battery [...]
Defy the Credit Crunch Tip #2 – And you won’t believe watt!
Posted by Mike Halsey in eco, saving money on 29. Oct, 2008 | 0 Comments
Like many people I’m concerned about my electricity bill these days. I have a reasonably powerful PC with a 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2Gb of RAM and a Windows Experience Index of 5.4, finally I’m running Windows Vista Ultimate. I was wondering how I could save electricity when it’s switched on so I thought [...]
The best PC Pro features of the last two years
Posted by Mike Halsey in eco, pc support on 15. Oct, 2008 | 0 Comments
I’m a regular subscriber to PC Pro magazine and, having a bit of a clear-out, I thought I’d share with you the best, my opinion there, of their features from the last two years. I’ve sorted them here by category.
Money saving…
Defy the credit crunch – Keep your computing costs under control with our 41 cash-saving [...]
Eco House
Posted by Mike Halsey in eco, general on 14. Sep, 2008 | 0 Comments
I bought an eco-house last year that came with, among other things, insulating doors that sit between the conservatory and the living room. They’re thin wood with polystyrene innards that I didn’t find this year until February, damnit.
Anyway, a friend came round on Friday to help me get them out of storage above the car port. Yesterday I [...]
