Today I realized I had a spare USB keyboard laying around. This now makes the XO Laptop an effective blogging tool for me. And I’m glad I figured this out. Wish I had a month ago. Why? Because Juneau is still in the grip of its power cost crisis. We’re currently paying 0.52/Kwh, although this is expected to go down next month as our hydropower is returning ahead of schedule.
But during that time, I intend to blog more from the XO because it lives up to its power efficiency claims. When drawing electricity from the grid it pulls 10 watts. Compare this to my living room computer that pulls 95W or my 2nd bedroom computer, which pulls 150W, more tthan my TV set and DVD player put together!
How do I know all these consumption figures? Because of a great device that someone lent me called the “Kill A Watt.” I’d heard about them a few years ago, but never thought about using them because we had 0.11 Kwh hydropower. You can learn more about the “Kill A Watt” at http://www.p3international.com/products/special/P4400/P4400-CE.html
So I’ll see about being an energy efficient blogger, at least for a while.
