Dan wrote: > At 3:33 PM -0500 1/26/2009, Wilton Shaw wrote: >> 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? > > Off is good - no power usage. > > Sleep is good too - very very low power usage.
It depends on the model. The latest iMacs draw the same amount of power in Off or Sleep. Older models use less power in Sleep than On but still quite a bit more than Off. Still, I have my workstations set to sleep automatically. > > Personally, I sleep my monitors and some of my desktops. But some I > keep awake - I prefer they don't fall off irc and im networks, etc. > > I think I save more electricity by following my housemates around > turning off lights. sigh. Yeah, I've got three daughters and a wife who know it's an "ON" switch but don't know it can be set to "OFF". -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
