re monitors should they be kept on hours a day the electricy consumption will go down if you turn them off overnight along with heat i wonder how hard it would be i e what it would add to the cost to design desktop machines with a power saver feature built in which would reduce power consumption automatically if the machine is idle for more than some amount of time apple and several other manufacturers have already committed to a monitor design that does just that it was announced along with the new administration s efforts to cut waste and fuel consumption i know that in the buildings where i work gigawatts are wasted by unused always on machines and monitors kelley thomas kelley boylan powerpc ibm austin kelleyb austin ibm com i buy and pay for my own opinions
