The Underscore Archives

2008/6/30 Iwein Dekoninck <iwein at 3sixty.co.uk>:
>> It's true, standby costs are pretty minimal. The accuracy of the
>> electrisave is about 20W, and it couldn't tell the difference
>> between
>> all appliances in the house on standby or unplugged. I still tend to
>> switch off though, just not zealously.
>
> What about leaving something like a mini mac or macbook asleep (plugged
> in) as opposed to switching it off?
>
> I'd love to know that...
>
> i
My laptop used about 20-30w when running.

Steve