Power Usage for Meerkat ION

[paddydd]

Hi,
I am looking at purchasing a Meerkat ION Nettop as a skype and surf device for my LCD in the living room. I now am curious about power usage.

I would like to know what the nominal power usage would likely be for connecting to Skype for a video call.

I would also (and more importantly) want to know the power usage of the box when it is idle -- which will be most of the time. The only background processes would likely be skype, sftp and ssh.

Thanks
Paddy

[isantop]

We don't have the tools to determine exactly what the power usage of a system is, however I can say that it will never draw more than 200 Watts. Unfortunately, I can't be more specific than that.

[PatrickVogeli]

200W?? I can't speak for the merkat, but I have an Asrock ION-atom based machine and I've never seen 40W using a kill-a-watt, the top I've seen is 35W, but it usually stays a 20-25 at most.

[isantop]

200W is a maximum limit, and it will most likely run much lower than that under most circumstances.