Hard drive spec change

[John Reiser]

> MultiGHz, Multicore CPUs consume magnitudes more power than HDs.

Not always.  A typical 3.5" harddrive consumes about (max):
     0.65A *  5V =  3.25W
     0.50A * 12V =  6.00W
which totals 9.25 Watts, and less when not transferring data.
I am composing this message on a system with a 2.5GHz, two-core
processor that consumes 45 Watts maximum, and less when "idle".
So in this case the ratio is closer to 5:1, not 10:1.

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