I was one of the Yes betters (0.6 btc). I'd like to explain what led me to bet yes After the first units started shipping.
As i'm sure others here do, i work professionally with a lot of electrical engineers. I specifically asked a few before betting if power requirements would be considered performance or just specifications. What i heard back unanimously (from my small sample) is that performance doesn't relate to power consumption, that would be Performance Per Watt, which is different. It's the same as saying that case size relates to performance. Energy is just a utility to achieve performance, not the performance itself.
I understand that the reason BFL looked so good is because of the performance per watt, but just because we want low wattage for maximum profits, and just because that's what we based our pre-orders on, still doesn't mean it's relevant to "Advertised Performance".
There seems to be a lot of negativity in this thread, so i would appreciate calm responses
As i'm sure others here do, i work professionally with a lot of electrical engineers. I specifically asked a few before betting if power requirements would be considered performance or just specifications. What i heard back unanimously (from my small sample) is that performance doesn't relate to power consumption, that would be Performance Per Watt, which is different. It's the same as saying that case size relates to performance. Energy is just a utility to achieve performance, not the performance itself.
I understand that the reason BFL looked so good is because of the performance per watt, but just because we want low wattage for maximum profits, and just because that's what we based our pre-orders on, still doesn't mean it's relevant to "Advertised Performance".
There seems to be a lot of negativity in this thread, so i would appreciate calm responses