[alligator]

I was curious how much power my 1.8 GHz G5 consumed when it was running and when it was asleep, so I measured it last night.

Awake, no applications running, using an Apple 17" LCD and Apple keyboard and mouse (supplied with the G5). Total power = approx. 170 watts.

Asleep, using the button on the LCD screen = 10 watts.

Total power off, still plugged into the outlet = 2 watts.

Interesting huh? Seems like putting it to sleep is just about as good as turning it off.

[Ganesha]

What to you mean about?! It's using 5 times more power asleep then off!

[Immortal K-Mart Employee]

Originally posted by alligator:

Interesting huh? Seems like putting it to sleep is just about as good as turning it off.

That has been the case since the iMac's.

[alligator]

Originally posted by Ganesha:
What to you mean about?! It's using 5 times more power asleep then off!

Oh, I see. As compared to the 8,500 percent increase in power consumption when it is turned on?

[Krusty]

Originally posted by alligator:
Oh, I see. As compared to the 8,500 percent increase in power consumption when it is turned on?

10 watts isn't bad. I think I read one time that my iMac DV uses 3watts when completely off and 6watts when asleep. So, that's only a 2x difference as compared to 5x with the PM. Still, 10 watts isn't really too outrageous for a behemoth like the G5