🚀 go-pugleaf

In MsgID<Mv-dnXON8LcTJCDUnZ2dnUVZ8j6WnZ2d@westnet.com.au> on Mon, 16 Mar
2009 13:29:32 +1100, in uk.comp.homebuilt, 'Kwyjibo' wrote:

>NotSure wrote:
>> Re:Computer Power Consumption
>>
>> Did you know...
>>
>> Computers use 7W (seven watts) of power
>> even if SWITCHED OFF!!
>
>Nope. They typically use <5W when in sleep (s3) mode. Powered off (s5/g2) is 
>typically a lot less than 1W
>Note that shutting down in Vista (by default) does not shutdown the PC. It 
>just puts it into sleep mode (s3). You need to adjust the power options to 
>get a true shutdown (s5/g2)

I hadn't realised that, thanks.

I thought the big boys had finally yielded to the gradually spreading
common sense WRT background power leaching, how come they've taken a step
backwards? 

I suspect (during my brief immunisation exposure) that I took real boot to
be part of the hardware setup and never properly noticed when it was just
sleeping rather than properly off. (Yes, yes, I know, but I didn't like it
and didn't keep it installed for more than a day or two. Plus, machines
that are capable of camoflaguing the snail like consequences of $soft
pass-the-parcel layering tend to be only passing through around here, and
they're like *lightening* fast the moment you stick in a slightly more
sensible OS)

If vasti is as slow on real bootup as I fear, then joe public will
probably find it irresistable to stick with a PR friendly
bloatware-starts-quick-if-you-never-switch-off default mode. Even more so
if they never properly realise it's still burning juice. I suppose that
implies a likely answer to my question above :-(


Hey, wonder what an energy audit would look like for a builtin low-power
nimh USP designed to supply just the sleep power. (?)


Dave J.