Terry Heinz <no-> wrote in
news:hdlrl0$mt4$:
> On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:17:37 -0800, Evan Platt wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:13:32 +0000 (UTC), chuckcar <>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Who pays your hydro? Are you willing to pay for the replacement of
>>>computers that die from excessive use? Do you backup all your data to
>>>permanent media monthly for when you hard drive dies a premature death
>>>from overuse? Do you leave all your lights on at night?
>>>
>>>No trolling, but merely stating what should be obvious.
>>
>>Gee, didn't see that one coming.
>
> I'm a new Windows 7 Pro user after upgrading from WinXP Pro and I was
> about to agree with "chuckar" but fortunately for my own credence I read
> the follow up posts (in both threads) first.
>
> I think "chuckar" and I use the same ISP but I don't use their
> newserver.
>
I don't see how you would know that.
> Like "chuckar" I turn on the computer in the morning, in my case between
> 5:00 & 6:00 AM and switch off around 9:00 PM. The moniter darkens after
> each 20 minutes.
>
I turn off my computer when I'm not at it period.
> Incoming emails are announced every 10:00 Minutes giving the opportunity
> to reply to specific emails shortly after their arrival is announced and
> recordered in the system tray even if I am in a different room or
> outside.
>
> Evan, that's a bit of a wake up call for me, I've never ever tried
> "sleep mode" so I will try it soon.
Well, you're more than welcome to take the advice of the idiot trolls here
or you can take the advice of someone who's actually *worked* at a
help desk for over a year. What I stated was the facts. A typical desktop
computer uses a 500-700 watt power supply. Granted that's *not* in sleep,
but it does apply when the screensaver is active. That would be 120Kwh not
including the monitor, which is typically arround 50 watts. Even in sleep a
computer is still consuming a not insignificant amount of power. The CPU is
still running checking for a request to come out of sleep and depending on
the CPU in the computer that is easily 25 watts.
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(setq (chuck nil) car(chuck) )
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