I am not an expert, but I think putting the computer to sleep is close. I know in preferences they are different settings, where you can put the display to sleep at so many minutes, and put the hard drive of the computer to sleep after so many minutes. On mine I turn it off at night, and when I am at home have it set to go to sleep after so many minutes.
By either setting the display to go to sleep after so many minutes (or putting it to sleep manually on the Apple menu - or turning off the computer when not using it - your monitor should last a lot longer - my bondi-blue Imac is still going strong, though a friend uses it now - I did run a screensaver on it (SETI project) where numbers are crunched for the Araceibo observatory when the computer goes idle - but as I had the screen go dark after a few minutes of non-use, it still did not affect the monitor life much. To me, the moral is this - don't just leave your computer on all day, without at least having the screen set to go to sleep. Your monitor will not last nearly as long, and your utility bill will go up. Most of the energy in your computer is used by the display, though the newer displays do use less energy than the old CRT ones. Dennis, San Diego On Monday, January 26, 2009, at 12:33PM, "Wilton Shaw" <[email protected]> wrote: >Hello, > I heard on the radio today that one of the ways to help conserve >energy is to turn off all computers at night. What exactly does this >do to a computers system, good or bad? >I have an eMac, using OS 10.5.6. >Thanks > > >Wilton Shaw >[email protected] > > > > >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
