Tom Henderson's baseline measurements only apply to his specific test conditions, which are so atypical that no practical conclusions can be drawn from it. Linux and Windows 2008 are suites of components, not monolithic applications. In the case of Linux, the components vary among distributions, versions and drivers. Operating-system efficiency varies as different comparable components are loaded and tuned for a specific set of applications and hardware, so comparing power-consumption efficiency would require tuning each to use the minimum required components.
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