This little computer runs on 12 volts, just a few hundred milliamps. It's quick enough for web browsing and running scientific monitoring software. Because of it's power efficiency, convenient voltage requirement and lack of moving parts (no fans or spinning hard drives), It will be the perfect system for placement at a solar powered seismic station! I've installed my various software packages on it and it runs fine. Adding a Oracle VM with Ubuntu Linux bogged it down but hey, that's resource intensive on any system. I am replacing a 25W computer with something that draws less than 5 watts.