Ross Lammas, sust-it’s proprietor said in the press release: “There’s a staggering difference between the energy consumption of computers in the marketplace; you could save nearly £150 per year on electricity in choosing the most efficient models. We’ve been highlighting these savings through our unique ranking system and it’s great news that Apple has responded to the environmental issues, I hope other manufacturers will follow their lead”.
By using sust-it’s energy consumption website that ranks over 5000 electrical products by their energy efficiency, you can spot those appliances that contribute to your inflated electricity bills and CO2 emissions. You could save over £600 a year by buying energy saving products.
The sust-it site is constantly updated and contains a wide range of products from TVs to chest freezers. You can even switch between electricity tariffs so you can see what other energy providers have in-store and calculate your CO2 emissions at the same time – it even works on the iPhone instore.
Apple’s Mac mini models take sust-it’s top 4 spots in the in-use power consumption chart here.
Source: sust-it
Just imagine how much energy we can save, if all the web servers in the world are replaced by mac mini servers….
Just imagine how slow our internet would be if all the web servers in the world are replaced by mac mini servers….
HazMatt
So let me get this straight, Apple computers can actually save you money each year?
The more you use them the more you save?
That’s an Apple tax you can bank on!
Go AAPL!
We are in the process of renegotiating a contract for IT purchasing for an organization that has about 40000 computers deployed. If we replaced our current models with Minis at end of life the savings in electricity costs would save us more than half of the difference in the purchase price over the 4 year life of the computer. If we stretch them out to 5 years life and they prove to be more reliable than the computers they are replacing we could save even more on support and administration. The packaging is also much smaller. All of this is predicated on booting them solely in Windows XP/7 just like with the other computers.
This would also allow us to make the stepwise transition to running OS X as default and use Safari and Notes for Mac instead of IE and Notes for Windows while still retaining Windows Apps as needed, which could drastically reduce our threat exposure and eventually reduce our security costs.
Apple tax rebate.
The true cost of ownership.
@Daner
Give that man a raise!
The Mac Pro, however, is near the bottom of the list. Didn’t see the iMac listed
iMacs are listed as All In Ones
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My Mac Pro is near the BOTTOM of the list? OK, I can live with that. Y’see … my previous Dual G5 PowerMac used more energy, both with its CPUs <u>and</u> with its fans. than my entire Mac Pro. Plus it does twice the work of a mini, having four cores each running at a higher clock speed. And, yeah, all four are running close to the max most of the time.
Let’s see … three times the output and <u>eight times</u> the power use? OK, I could have saved a bit, there. I could have saved even more by waiting just a bit longer (it’s always “just a bit longer”) for the i7 iMac … about as much power (more or less, depending on use) using maybe 20% of the electricity.
Hardly a surprise report- Mac Mini is a laptop sans display.
When calculating your annual Apple Tax always remember to deduct your Apple Credits.
Lower energy usage credit
Higher resale credit
Lower operating cost credit
no having to put up with MS credit
The mini and the iMac’s energy efficiency have nothing to do with Greenpeace.
Maxwell, you might be right (I honestly don’t know) but I know my company’s hosting plan is on a “shared” server with a popular hosting company and I would find it hard to believe that a Mac mini would be a better choice than a full rack mounted server on any platform. You get redundant power supplies, better performance, etc with blade servers vs. a Mac mini.
But yeah, I am not an expert (nor am I computer illiterate).
-HazMatt
Ahhh, well I stand corrected. I have heard of the Mac mini colo company before. And controlling your own machine vs. a shared server does sound nicer.
HazMatt
Just placed an order for one. Been dying to replace my aging G4 Sawtooth.
I’m going to have it connected to my HDTV as a video server to the TV using one of the video ports. The other port will be connected to an LCD display for regular computing. The TV and desk are separated by a wall. The mini will be under the TV so that I can use the remote. The mouse and keyboard will be bluetooth so can connect remotely. The iTunes library will be held on a external drive and carry my video and music library. I’m planning eventually to have a drobo drive set to provide better backup.
I was about to post a link to macminicolo. They have a nice review of the new Mac Mini Server on their website somewhere.
I just had my Mini open for the first time and it has a fan that I’m sure it relays on. I’m just amazed at how silent it is. I have it networked with a SiliconDust HDHomerun with EyeTV 3 fronting it. My cable is split and the HDHomeRun is shared with my ’06 Mac Pro Quad. The Mini replaced my first generation Sawtooth (which runs fine, but loud), and I figured that I needed something I could use everyday that didn’t eat electricity like the Mac Pro does.
Here’s something pleasant, I upgrade the Mini from 2GBs to 4GBs of RAM. Prior to the upgrade passing EyeTV files between the Mac Pro to the Mini, via Gigabit Ethernet, would take about nine minutes for six gig HD file. After the upgrade it now takes about four minutes. Nice.
Its going to be really nice when I get the Mini and the Mac Pro a HDTV.
Cheers!
You want redundancy. X-Server. We have 2. Excellent blade servers.
My mac mini doesn’t save me watts cuz I have it hooked up to a 46″ HDTV. But I still love it anyways.
energy efficiency matters
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g1nyWR-LqJYGz-3_WyL805_RLq4wt
sorry, wrong link
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g1nyWR-LqJYGz-3_WyL805_RLq4w
I’d also like to see some stats on sleep mode usage with Windows OS vs. Mac OS. I have used it extensively with all of our Macs since we bought the PowerBook 140, but rarely make use of it with our corporate PC’s because it has issues.
Put the controls where they are easy to find and make the function work quickly and seamlessly and people will use it.
So now we know how little a mac mini consumes when…. idle, at sleep or off. I’d like to know how they rank when they are in use. On my macbook with the 7 hours battery I get less than 4 hours of runtime when I surf the web with no more than two open windows at a time, that gives me a hint of power consumption, maybe a live amp-meter in the upperbar so you can see for yourself wich programs are friendlier on the environment. Is there an app for that? (on OS X)