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Comment Re:Man! (Score 1) 131

Looks like you are about right... From a comment of TFA - "Great start, not quite there yet (12/10/08 - 16:41 - by Robert B.) The manufacturer\'s data sheet states 15 minutes output at 270 lumens on high (67 lumen-hrs), or 60 minutes at 90 lumens on low (90 lumen-hrs). From this, I\'d estimate that on low the device draws approximately 1 watt from the ultracap, with each LED each operating at 0.3 watt at around 100 lumens per watt, with roughly 90% DC-DC converter efficiency. This is 1 watt-hour from the ultracap. On high, this device would draw about 4 watts from the ultracap, with a little over 1 watt reaching each LED, given a slightly lower LED efficiency at the higher brightness and a significantly lower converter efficiency, possibly a bit over 75%. Compare this with two AA NiMH cells (at 3 watt-hours each) that together store 6 watt-hours. Ultracaps are a breakthrough technology, but the energy storage density is still pretty low, as we see here. It will be a few years before ultracaps become the most satisfactory overall choice for flashlights."

Parallels Desktop for OS X Reviewed 300

phaedo00 writes "Ars Technica has put up a great review of the first full release of Parallels' virtualization software for OS X, Parallels Desktop 1.0. From the article: 'Move over emulation, virtualization is in and it's hotter than two Jessica Albas wresting the devil himself in a pit of molten steel. It's no contest, virtualization has it all: multiple operating systems running on the same machine at nearly the full speed of the host's processor with each system seamlessly networking with the next. Add to that the fact that it's cheaper than getting a new machine and you have the guaranteed latest craze. Not even the Hula Hoop can stop this one.'"

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