“If you take a server where the processor is using 80 to 90 watts, and factor in all the other hardware to support that -- air conditioning, storage and so on -- the cost of the electricity used by that server is on a par with the cost of the server over its life.”
Steve Prentice
“It takes one-millionth of an amp, which is less than a small 25-watt light bulb uses. It's potentially enough an electric shock to cause your heart to go into defibrillation.”
Wayne Wohler
“A regular PC uses between 100 and 200 watts and a standard notebook uses 40 to 50 watts.”
Mark Summer
“The shift from incoherence to coherence can bring dramatic effects: a 60-watt light bulb whose light waves could be made coherent as a laser, would have the power to bore a hole through the sun--from 90 million miles away.”
William A. Tiller
“There's always that one guy with the 100-watt half-stack who is maxing out his amp and being heard three floors above and below him, which doesn't make anyone happy. Not everyone is as excited as you about guitar and loud noises.”
Shivan Barwari
“They're a 13 watt bulb that's equivalent to a 60 watt light bulb.”
Tim Bell
“There are some televisions that pull as much as 12 watts an hour in standby. That's not necessary.”
Denise Durrett