MP 7,1 What are you doing with your old Mac Pro’s?

[Ludacrisvp]

I was using official government published data from the Netherlands (I don't live there, but was the first hit I found).


They had averaged the electical use for household based on size of the household.
It increases a bit as there are more family members, but it's far less than linear.

Just did try to find the official numbers for where I live, I only found this calculation, but it's not directly from the official source (they claim they got the data from the Federal Government Agency for Economy):

[My translation to English]

FWIW: I know US based households use a LOT more electricity than those of us in Europe.

Also the average household size in Belgium is 2.2 members (same source)

Thanks for the info. You’re right we use a ton more power here in the states.


No idea of their sources but their avg for minnesota is about right for our house per month.

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the numbers here seem to line up as well.

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[Korican100]

selling my trashcan on ebay

 

[Lone Deranger]

I'm planning to buy a new iMac. The new Mac Pro's are just waaay too expensive for me. Once I've upgraded, the old MP5.1 will serve as a dual boot and mainly be running Windows so I can access 3DSMax and other Windows only 3D apps.

 

[Dc2006ster]

My 1.1 is side by side with a G5. They form a decent coffee table.

 

[atonaldenim]

My children need a computer for their schoolwork, so instead of buying them an iMac or a few cheap Chromebooks, I repurposed my Mac Pro (2013) for them. It still runs very well and will be more than enough for their elementary school needs. I will also use it as a file server on the network.

Lucky kids!

As someone just starting out as a video editor, I would be thrilled to get someone’s hand-me-down Mac Pro 6,1.

I could even trade it for a 2011 iMac for the kids to use 🙂

 

[Infinite Vortex]

An average consumption per household of 3928 kWh per year in 2016

I used just shy of 6.300kWh (525kWh/month) in 2019.