VeryPC, very nice
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
I’ve
just updated the office with one of these beauties. It’s a VeryPC Broadleaf BL3V-B-Q84. Not only is it blindingly fast (it boasts a quad core processor, with 4gb RAM) but it uses a 96W power supply, and generally consumes about 33W. Which is less than a third of the power consumption of a regular PC. It’s also more-or-less silent. And the cherry on the top is that it is designed and built in Sheffield, just 30 miles down the road from me.
I’m delighted with it. The silence, low power consumption, local build (and it’s guaranteed and carbon off-set for 5 years) are all great, but they are mere trifles compared to the main benefit which is this: I’m working on a 1GB Photoshop file for a film poster right now, which on my other PC would entail taking a tea-break every time I transform a layer, but the Broadleaf whizzes through tasks like this in seconds.
(This is an independent opinion by the way, VeryPC have had no input on this, nor have they given me a free PC. But they should, obviously.)
