
Originally Posted by
Melonie
today's chipsets offer about a 2:1 power consumption advantage to laptops. However, you're talking about something like 10 watts versus 5 watts. As far as LCD monitors vs built in laptop LCD screens, full sized hard drives versus compact hard drives used in laptops etc there is a minor advantage in favor of laptops. If there is a major difference in overall power consumption, it is due to the use of several fans in your typical tower case which can add another 20+ watts, versus a super-tiny fan or no fan at all in a laptop...
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