Category Archives: Computer Hardware

Resurrecting a Classic

It started a few months ago.  I was handed a 14” IBM Thinkpad T42 that had unfortunate run-in with a tall cup of coffee. It had been dead for quite some time. It was sad to see such a beautiful machine shot down in the prime of its life…   Well, it is actually about…

Green IT Concepts: Real Life Energy Use

Some of the concepts of Green IT can be a little complicated. Fortunately, this one is not. For this article, I am going to look at the basics of real world computer energy use. And what better way to do that then to use computers around my own home? Fortunately, these four machines are all…