OzHub, the Macquarie Telecom-led cloud computing alliance, has come down firmly on the side of Optus over the copyright controversy surrounding Optus TV Now, warning that any moves to change the law "risk branding Australia a global luddite state."
A 2.0GHz Mac mini uses as little as £6.89/$A12.53/$US11.28 worth of electricity a year, according to sust-it, a site that lists the energy consumption of a wide range of home and business equipment.
The 120GB and 320GB versions take equal first place, with the two 2.26GHz models in equal third.
The closest non-Apple product is the fifth placed Asus Eee Box B204 at £7.52/$A13.67/$US12.31 per year.
And you have to go down to 27th place for the first system with a conventional form factor - the Acer Veriton M200-M61. By that stage, you're looking at annual running costs of £16.50/$A30/$US27.
"There's a staggering difference between the energy consumption of computers in the marketplace; you could save nearly £150 per year on electricity in choosing the most efficient models," said Ross Lammas, founder of sust-it.
The most energy-hungry model surveyed was the 113th-placed Fujitsu Siemens Celsius R670, at £155.73/$A283.15/$US254.89 per year.
"We've been highlighting these savings through our unique ranking system and it's great news that Apple has responded to the environmental issues, I hope other manufacturers will follow their lead," added Lammas.
But not everything is green in the Apple garden. The Mac Pro with dual quad core 2.66GHz Xeon processors and four "memory drives" (hard drives?) took 111th spot at £107.45/$A195.36/$US175.87.
Other four-drive Mac Pro configurations aren't much cheaper to run, though single drive configurations come higher in the table along with Xeon based computers from some other manufacturers.
All electricity prices are based on UK average tariffs, and were converted to $A and $US on November 30.
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