Re: [cobalt-developers] My 2cents on UPS

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jerry Pape wrote:

> While APC is a market leader,
> their units are large, generate substantial heat, and
> $/VA cost is steep. I stumbled upon another company
> MGE at www.mgeups.com. They make a 1200VA unit (The Pulsar Ellipse 1200) for
> about $500 (considerably less than the 1200+VA APC unit)
> that uses high-freq switching technology--yeilding 13.5" x 13.5" x 3"
> box that is almost non-heat producing.

I never pay close to full price for my APC SmartUPS units.  I buy
rebuilt ones <smile> from a factory-authorized rebuilder.

> PS> Isn't it about time all of these lists were turned into a BBoard
> or moderated newsgroup off an internal feed? All this quoting and
> discontinuous posting makes following any issue a serious
> pain-in-the-ass.

You don't know what pain-in-the-ass is until you've waited for a BBS to
refresh.  I've never seen a web-based BBS on which I could follow
hundreds of messages in hundreds of threads, per hour.  Just not
possible.  I'd almost agree to newsgroups (I've previously written about
pros and cons, as have others), but much prefer email lists; when email
is downloaded in the background to my desktop machine mail-lists are the
fastest to read.  I agree threading is a problem; I use a threading MUA
to read list mail, and wish everyone else would, too.

But anything web-based?  Too slow.  I'll take a pass.

Jeff
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