| Gugerface said: Noooo... can't be! It must be because they want to block used games and spy on us! Do I really have to add /sarcasm here? |
Sadly, probably yes.
To JayWood:
Thank you for posting this thread. I was tired of correting people in all the threads that were talking about it. You may want to change the thread title and information to be "Sleep Mode" though. Hibernation is a deeper state that consumes no power and requires a longer startup time. Also, here is some more info for your OP if you'd like. It is for those people who are worried about this using a lot of electricity on their bills by being "always on".
| nightsurge said: At most, you are looking at 5-10 watts total. Here is a good reference for you, of a high powered PC only consuming 5 watts in sleep mode: http://www.techhive.com/article/169941/Why_You_Should_Use_Sleep_Mode.html "According to the Department of Energy, theaverage price for electricity in the U.S. is 11.59 cents per kWh, so sleep mode costs you 22.2 cents per month. The average home in the U.S. uses 936 kWh per month, so 16 hours of sleep mode a day would be a 0.21% increase in monthly power usage. That's what we call a "rounding error."" So I was way high when I said it would cost you $5 a year extra. It would only cost you about $2.75 extra a year. |
