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OT energy usage

Post by Honey693 » Mon Sep 06, 2004 5:46 pm

Does it take more energy to turn your computer on and off three times in a 12 hour period or just leave it run and turn the screen and sound off?

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Post by guest11 » Tue Sep 07, 2004 12:48 pm

Well, that depends on what sort of power usage the individual machine has. I know that when it's on "Stand-by" it takes up next to no energy because I left my laptop on standby for a period of several days and the battery life went down about 1% (It has a battery life of two hours), because it turns off the harddrives, and runs the processor and just enough capacity to sense when you move the mouse or touch a key....

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