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Send your Computer to Sleep and Save Some Money
It’s a well known fact that the computer owning public have gotten out of the habit of switching off their computers. There is a general conception going around than switching a computer off and then on again costs more money than it does to keep it running for a few hours or even overnight. There might be some truth in this, although is very difficult to ascertain. What is for sure is that most people simply can't be bothered closing down their computer, as it can take a long time and even more to open it again.
The amount of energy that a computer will use is generally pretty negligible, especially when compared to major electric appliances, like fridges, washing machines or even televisions, but in the battle to save energy, every penny counts. In recent years, with portable computers, or laptops as they are generally known, becoming increasingly popular the amount of energy being used is on the decrease, as they generally require a lot less energy. The problem still remains with the no old fashioned desktop computer with its fans running, printers and all kinds of other accessories attached, fans running to keep the drivers cooled, which can burn up a load of energy over the year.
Yet there is no real reason why a desktop computer owner cannot enjoy the best of both worlds. That is to have ready access to their computer while saving a large portion of the electricity that is currently being wasted. The computer industry, are well aware of the energy guzzling potential of a desktop computer and for that reason developed a series of power management technologies that are readily implementable and will reduce energy consumption when a PC and its screen are not in active use. The public have either never been informed of this possibility or have forgotten or are not sufficiently aware that this option exits and is only a finger touch away.
Till now there has been little attempt by computer hardware manufacturers to produce an automatic control power management system, which would put a computer or screen into a form of "hibernation mode" if it has not been used within a reasonable time scale. If this was possible on a global scale millions of pounds worth of energy would be saved every year, yet the question remains that if you were to ask a member of the public to pay an extra twenty pounds to have that facility built in one their computer, whether they would invest the money.
So the situation still exists that a computer owner has to take just a few minutes to learn how to place their computer in "hibernate" state when not in use, While they and their computer are hibernating, there is always a chance that their computer might be hibernating too!
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