PC can't be shipped to CA, CO, HI, OR, VT or WA due to power consumption
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Re: PC can't be shipped to CA, CO, HI, OR, VT or WA due to power consumption
#2another link:
https://www.dell.com/community/Customer-Care/Shipping-restri...
"This product cannot be shipped to the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Vermont or Washington due to power consumption regulations adopted by those states. Any orders placed that are bound for those states will be canceled."
Re: PC can't be shipped to CA, CO, HI, OR, VT or WA due to power consumption
#3Smuggling opportunity! Having legalized weed was a major blow to the unorganized carriage trade, I guess this counts as stimulus for that all important sector of the economy.
Re: PC can't be shipped to CA, CO, HI, OR, VT or WA due to power consumption
#4This is like banning a Bugatti Veyron (worldwide production about 30 per year) because the gas mileage is too low. Priceless Puritans.
Re: PC can't be shipped to CA, CO, HI, OR, VT or WA due to power consumption
#5Anyone know the actual rules? Is it a hard limit on the amount of power a home computer can consume, or is it something more subtle like a limit on the power when its idling?
Re: PC can't be shipped to CA, CO, HI, OR, VT or WA due to power consumption
#6Is this basically just because of adopting newer "energy star certification" junk, and some of these devices just haven't been certified to comply to the new standards yet?
Obviously they're not singling out these specific laptops...
Re: PC can't be shipped to CA, CO, HI, OR, VT or WA due to power consumption
#720 years from now:
“This PC cannot be shipped to CA, CO, HI, OR, VT or WA because the ability to run unsigned code makes it an environmental and digital weapon.”
Re: PC can't be shipped to CA, CO, HI, OR, VT or WA due to power consumption
#8This is like banning a Bugatti Veyron (worldwide production about 30 per year) because the gas mileage is too low. Priceless Puritans.
This is a $1100 computer, not a $2M car.
Re: PC can't be shipped to CA, CO, HI, OR, VT or WA due to power consumption
#9Good. It's time Silicon Valley cared about TDP the way auto makers have to care about gas mileage. Tighten the screws.
Re: PC can't be shipped to CA, CO, HI, OR, VT or WA due to power consumption
#1020 years from now: “This PC cannot be shipped to CA, CO, HI, OR, VT or WA because the ability to run unsigned code makes it an environmental and digital weapon.”
Home built PC's will be considered "ghost computers" and will also be banned.