tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post1261798304191139324..comments2024-03-22T12:20:48.920+00:00Comments on open...: Open Source Re-writes the Rules for MobileGlyn Moodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-55286502141878570612010-02-26T10:18:55.335+00:002010-02-26T10:18:55.335+00:00@Andrew: fair point about the netbooks et al., but...@Andrew: fair point about the netbooks et al., but as you say, for mobiles recycling is almost certainly better.Glyn Moodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04436885795882611585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-41572466071803964322010-02-26T10:16:22.554+00:002010-02-26T10:16:22.554+00:00Glyn
This is a little like the car scrappage deba...Glyn<br /><br />This is a little like the car scrappage debate (is it better for the environment to keep your old car, or to trade in for a more efficient one, but the old car needs to be disposed of and the new one will have cost a lot in manufacturing resources).<br /><br />My netbook, to take a not particularly good example (which uses around 12 watts, including screen), is vastly more energy efficent than the much less powerful desktop PC I had 5 years ago (200 watts excluding screen, 350 watts, I estimate, including the screen), so it's not necessarily a good thing to keep old kit going. However, I don't know how the whole equation looks if you take the manufacturing and disposal costs of change to a new PC (to the environment) into account, but I'd be interested to know.<br /><br />I suspect this argument is unlikely to apply to phones though - their energy usage is teeny in comparison to PCs.<br /><br />And I've got a couple of old smartphones in the drawer that I'd love to give a new lease of life to...Andrew Katznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19798349.post-18629205089319688542010-02-26T02:28:37.468+00:002010-02-26T02:28:37.468+00:00Linux is awesome. Heck the default Android can be ...Linux is awesome. Heck the default Android can be custom compiled to only include necessities making it even thinner. =)<br /><br />Props to Linus and Linux. =)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com