When I opened the message, I found that Gary VanderMolen had written:
> You'll get as many opinions on this as there are users.
> Back when I was using desktop machines, I'd shut them down
> if I anticipated no further usage for the next four hours.
> Now that I use a laptop exclusively, I just let it go into standby,
> which uses very little power. What helps with this is that XP
> doesn't need to be rebooted frequently.
We put ours into "standby" each night before bed.
I honestly don't know how much power that saves, but these boogers do use
more power than one might think. TVs also.
Regards,
Jim
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