Il giorno 1-10-2012 15:27, Dan ha scritto: >> It looks like electronic engineers have a different meaning for the >> word "off" than normal people. > > When shutdown, the machine still has a small draw to keep the p/s, > PMU, part of the motherboard, and keyboard running. It seems quite an ineffective design, keeping powered all those parts, just to enable the boot switch.
> people love that "instant on". That's what I thought: it's mainly for a quicker start. > Keep in mind that if you disconnect power from the Mac, it will keep > that PMU running anyway, using the pram battery. Ok, it will cost less than the power consumption anyway. ;-) > There's also the school of thought about the "jolt" of hitting a > machine with a cold start every day. Wear and tare on the > components, and all that. Personally, except for HDs, I never bought > into that, for home-based systems at least. Yeah, it sounds like a persistant myth; perhaps it was true many years ago. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
