Susan Platter
Swindon, Wiltshire
On 14 Feb, 2004, at 16:30, Mac UK wrote:
In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Roger Houghton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: sleep vs power off Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 13:52:13 +0000
On 14 Feb 2004, at 2:32 am, Roddy Graham wrote:
It's wasteful of electricity, and adds to the climate-change problem humans have started, to leave electronic devices on standby. Switch off, unplug, save the biosphere!
Well, true but you have to decide for yourself where to draw the line. We could all save energy in countless ways, even to the extent of turning the computers off every time we left the room or only ever having cold showers. It's wasteful if - like leaving your TV on stand-by at night - it serves no useful purpose. There are benefits in not turning computers off and given the low levels of consumption involved (for a Powerbook it's something like two or three watts/hour, not that much more for desktops) I'd opt for convenience.
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