More PoE Potential

We have discussed PoE here before (PoE Growing Fast). While looking for information about the PoE-powered PC, I found an article from 2003 on the potential of PoE. In it Alan Stevens writes about PoE's potential for eliminating external power supplies. Although he is skeptical about PoE's ability to power lap tops, it now appears that PoE Plus may make this possible in the future.

PoE-powered PC

Just saw this product announcement for a PC powered by
Power over Ethernet. They say it draws 12 W (including the monitor!).

Are the losses in the network switch and ethernet cable
less than the losses in a power supply for an AC-powered PC?
Probably not, but there's a big advantage in active power.