2.  This presentation will explain the current power consumption at TAFE  How the power consumption can be lowered / improved  Expected energy savings  Expected performance  And other solutions

3. ConditionPC Power Consumption (watts) OFF5 MAXBOOT37 IDLE31 Wordprocessing34 Spreadsheets29 Web browsing30 Low level music27 Low level video34

4. ItemURLCostNotes Open Office Suite http://www.openoffice.org/ $0 Very efficient similar to Microsoft office, except without the cost. Mozilla Firefox http://www.mozilla.com/en -US/firefox/fx/ $0 One of the most secure and efficient web browsers on the market. VLC Media Player http://www.videolan.org/vl c/ $0 A free all-media player, audio and video as well as a wide variety of media file types. Ubuntu http://www.ubuntu.com/ $0 A free linux based Operating system. Compatible with all the above software.

5. ItemURLCost ASRock 880GM- LE Motherboard http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPa th=138_1207_803&products_id=15238 $69 Western Digital Scorpio Blue http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPa th=210_267&products_id=14878 $52 Pioneer DVR- 219L DVDRW OEM http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPa th=658_667&products_id=16397 $35 Vantec ION2 460W Ultra Quiet PSU http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPa th=15_535&products_id=11137 $49

6.  Replace motherboard expected efficiency saving 40%  Replace HDD expected efficiency saving 70%  Remove CD/DVD expected efficiency saving 10%  Replace PSU expected efficiency saving 40%

7.  Expected performance is slightly below current performance  - 10% approximately

8.  In conclusion the advised solution will reduce costs while still handling performance.  As for software all the software provided is free and does almost identically or better than the pay for services

9.  For the performance and cost needed Laptops are the only other solution  The prices of laptops are slightly above the ones of PC’s but that’s because they have to have all the same technology but much smaller and lighter for portability