<t>Agreed. I don"t have the spec sheet to hand for the watt meter, but I was assuming an accuracy of +/- 0.5W. There is also a distinction between technical specs for power consumption and their real world figures when you factor in (as you say) the power supply. Could you link the topics with more ...

Is there a requirement for the Pito detect a screen at startup? I understand from browsing the forum the HDMI output needs to be connected on startup if you intent on using the connection, but what about if you wanted to run a headless system?

I"ve not timed it, but using the current Debian image my Pi boots in under a minute to the login prompt.

With power efficiency and the Pi the PSU is key. A shitty PSU could easilly draw more power at idle than the Pi draws when running.

I can easily see that being the case. I can"t immediately think how to work out the efficiency (and thus impact) of the wall charger I"m using...

<t>Hi all! After being one of the lucky group to get a Pi a couple of weeks ago I"ve been fiddling around to see what this device is capable of. Today I had a chance to measure the power draw from the Pi at load and when idle and I"m really quite impressed. Short story – roughly two watts of draw at...