[geeks] New Intel Atom-based barebones system

[Nick B.]

I'll agree with everyone else, buy good APC Smartupses, you're set.  Buy the
10$ special at walmart, well.  you get the 10$ special at walmart.  I've had
a few of the low end APC Backupses die after a few years, and I've had a number
of batteries die, but I've also been able to ignore numerous power outages.
	Nick
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 01:49:18AM -0400, der Mouse wrote:
> > Most users with anything useful on their machines do need a UPS.
> 
> I thought so, too.  So I put my home machines on UPSes.
> 
> Since then, I have had two failures due to UPSes misbehaving.  During
> the same time, I have had one power outage that having a UPS helped
> with.  History indicates I'm better off without - and, indeed, I'm
> running without them at the moment.
> 
> Of course, this will doubtless vary for you depending on numerous
> factors, such as the quality of service from your local power supplier.
> 
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