The flat resting system features a manual release top-loading system, which will look to provide owners with a longer lifespan, since it relies on less electronics to power the loading and ejecting of discs.

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Now imagine hospitals loading up with enough server power to make google nervous, more power that the private SoCal utility can handle.

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Cold-ironing allows ships at dock to plug into shore-side electricity sources to power electronic and mechanical systems needed for loading and unloading activities.

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Some of IBM's first customers for the new style of selling include Levi Strauss, Mobil Travel Guides...and IBM itself, which is loading up on z990s so it can sell computing power from its data centers on a utility basis to smaller customers.

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One major complaint are the loading times, with it taking well over a minute from power on to actually playing a movie, as well as some lag on commands via the remote.

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For every additional item that needs electrical power, added battery capacity is needed, and both of those result in added thermal loading, which requires a more robust thermal control system.

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