The website sust-it is specialized in studying power consumption of electronic components and devices usually found in our homes. They are looking at the energy cost of our Blu-ray player as well as our dish-washers. Differences are sometimes huge and illustrate how unreliable information from manufacturers can be. For example, for a BD player, the equivalent CO2 production may vary from 14 kg to 60 kg depending on the model.When looking at desktop computers, Apple is leading the pace and trusting the first 4 positions with 4 Mac mini models:
Of course, this is not really surprising, the Mac mini being based on notebook components specifically design to reduced power consumption it should not drain a lot of energy. However, if one look at the model raked 5th, it is a EEE Box-type computer powered by an Int