For the eco-friendly among us...

Here is a Microsoft study regarding the impact of the energy conservation features of Windows Vista. I found it interesting, for what it's worth - if for no reason other than the fact that I've never really put much thought into it.

Quoted from the 6/4/2008 TechNet Flash newsletter:
"Every 10 PCs that switch to Windows Vista is the equivalent of taking an automobile off the road"

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But will it cut down on my gas prices?

 

The profanity filter would object to what I think of Microsoft's assertion...

Setting the right Power Scheme in WinXP will do the same thing, only better since WinXP doesn't have anywhere near the overhead that Vista does. Running a modern Linux distro would be even better.

 

Interesting, for the statistics on energy saving from using sleep. With regards to their trumpeting on Windows Vista: It should be noted that there doesn't seem to be any side-by-side comparison with XP.

I also contest some of the claims in this study:

• Resume from sleep most certainly does not take less than two seconds! That figure only seems to be applicable within about 2 minutes of shutting it down.
• "Enable Microsoft to proactively address Sleep reliability issues if they arise (that is, post-release driver updates that impact Sleep and Resume)" - Past experience states otherwise
• The claim of sleep being "as energy efficient as shutdown" is untrue.
• They took the power usage of a Pentium 4 desktop, that's hardly an efficient base point
• It's basically saying "Use sleep mode to save power"

 

I would think Vista would use up more power specially when its a resource hog and the disk thrashing....

But anyway ive got an even better eco-friendly solution... undervolting! Easy 10+watts off your AC adapters.

 

Totally true! M$ is so full of bs.