At 2:31 PM -0700 10/14/2009, Clark Martin wrote: >Lawrence David Eden wrote: >> I used to turn my Mac off whenever I was not using it. My intention >> was to save electricity. However, a few months ago, I had some >> startup issues with my old Smurf and I began leaving the computer on >> because re-starts were traumatic. >> Those issues have all been resolved now (Thanks, DC), but I found >> that the convenience of having my Mac on all the time was worth the >> electricity I was burning. I use sleep mode and my monitor sleeps >> too. I have not seen any difference in my electric bill..... > >B&W G3s (Smurfs) do not sleep. They do sleep the monitor but the >computer doesn't sleep so it keeps using the same amount of power.
wuh? When I select Sleep on me Smurf... The monitor sleeps, the HD spins down, the external interfaces all go down. Then about 15 seconds later, the fan stops running. When I wake, Activity Monitor shows dead time, not active cpu. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
