Jeni's Musings

I was surprised how low the 1.5W figure was for a hard drive - I thought it was a lot more.

Compare, though, this conversation thread about modern CPUs, and Apple/Intel in particular: first
http://mjg59.livejournal.com/76936.html especially its last para; it’s also worth reading the post to which this is a reply (linked at the beginning). Then the reply:
http://blog.technologeek.org/2007/08/03/72

No wonder PCs (including Macs) get hot - and batteries don’t last long.