> > I save as much as I can. I recycle as much as I can. But some people >> require a computer on 26 hours/day and I have two of those. My laptop >> needs very very very very little to run with the display off, hard >> drive spun down and the minimum of power going to the CPU. >> >> Consider that. > >Actually, even desktops in that mode use very little power. The biggest >power drain by far is your CRT monitor. Turn that sucker off, and your bills >go way down (especially AC). > >Things get a little more tricky if you're talking about 2.5ghz P4's or dual >ghz G4's, though.
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