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carl feredeck
Just another reason why Vista is badly designed crap and here is more proof.
Can you say global warming? The Vista OS made SLEEP mode the STANDARD way to turn off the computer when you press the off button on
the start menu. They also hid the HIBERNATION feature! You can enable hibernation ONLY if you do a tweak!
Sleep mode NEVER turns off the pc completely.. the power supply and other circuits keep DRAINING watts of energy for no real reason.
The BEST way was to use hibernation that saves the files you are working on and REALLY turns off the PC.
For example I tried sleep mode on my desktop.. in disgust I saw that the power supply was still running, fans rotating, and making noise!
WHAT IS MICROSOFT THINKING?????
From the MS site I give you this: http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/w...006/12/08/windows-vista-power-management.aspx
"Everyone knows that turning a TV off doesn't really turn it off. It is still available to receive the remote control signal, etc. so that it can come back on quickly. We wanted to emulate this for Windows Vista machines."
They DARE say that they are doing this to CONSERVE POWER?????? WHAT CRAP!!!!
MS does not want to conserve energy. They wanted to give an "ease of use to vista" so they can sell more, its all about marketing... and didn't care skit about ecology!
Sleep mode in vista makes your computer just another ENERGY SUCKING machine in "STANDBY MODE"
You may chuckle and say how much energy can a standby machine drain? THE FACTS ARE WORSE THAN YOU THINK!
See here:
http://www.powerint.com/greenroom/faqs.htm
http://www.grinningplanet.com/2004/10-26/vampire-power-electricity-article.htm
"Even though home electronics aren't typically the biggest electricity users in a house, vampire power can still cost you up to 10% of your electric bill. Estimates of the cost to consumers and businesses for all the electricity lost to vampire power in the US range from $1 billion to $3.5 billion annually".
Now 5 - 10 % of the bill, means 5 - 10% of the energy, and that means 5 -10 out of 100 power stations are working full time burning fossil fuel just for these "Vampire machines"
while they sit sleeping, doing NOTHING!
Now it wasn't enough that we had VCRs dvdplayers TVs and other crap draining the energy without doing anything...
NOW with VISTA MICROSOFT JUST ADDED HEAT TO THE PROBLEM (pun intentional) by adding MILLIONS of computers in standby mode!!! THIS IS A CRIME TO HUMANITY!
Microsoft should FIX THIS right away with SP1 making hibernation available in the menu again, making sleep NON DEFAULT and educating the public about energy conservation
Here is an interesting page I found when writing this:
http://www.exoid.com/?page_id=47
I don't know if ANYONE can say anything against what I am saying above. The earth is not doing well.. its heating up too fast.. far sooner that what they thought.
If you mock me you are probably a blind vista follower... eating whatever they give you without using your brain!
I know many people like this here in this newsgroup... they will probably reply to this post saying something stupid!
Can you say global warming? The Vista OS made SLEEP mode the STANDARD way to turn off the computer when you press the off button on
the start menu. They also hid the HIBERNATION feature! You can enable hibernation ONLY if you do a tweak!
Sleep mode NEVER turns off the pc completely.. the power supply and other circuits keep DRAINING watts of energy for no real reason.
The BEST way was to use hibernation that saves the files you are working on and REALLY turns off the PC.
For example I tried sleep mode on my desktop.. in disgust I saw that the power supply was still running, fans rotating, and making noise!
WHAT IS MICROSOFT THINKING?????
From the MS site I give you this: http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/w...006/12/08/windows-vista-power-management.aspx
"Everyone knows that turning a TV off doesn't really turn it off. It is still available to receive the remote control signal, etc. so that it can come back on quickly. We wanted to emulate this for Windows Vista machines."
They DARE say that they are doing this to CONSERVE POWER?????? WHAT CRAP!!!!
MS does not want to conserve energy. They wanted to give an "ease of use to vista" so they can sell more, its all about marketing... and didn't care skit about ecology!
Sleep mode in vista makes your computer just another ENERGY SUCKING machine in "STANDBY MODE"
You may chuckle and say how much energy can a standby machine drain? THE FACTS ARE WORSE THAN YOU THINK!
See here:
http://www.powerint.com/greenroom/faqs.htm
http://www.grinningplanet.com/2004/10-26/vampire-power-electricity-article.htm
"Even though home electronics aren't typically the biggest electricity users in a house, vampire power can still cost you up to 10% of your electric bill. Estimates of the cost to consumers and businesses for all the electricity lost to vampire power in the US range from $1 billion to $3.5 billion annually".
Now 5 - 10 % of the bill, means 5 - 10% of the energy, and that means 5 -10 out of 100 power stations are working full time burning fossil fuel just for these "Vampire machines"
while they sit sleeping, doing NOTHING!
Now it wasn't enough that we had VCRs dvdplayers TVs and other crap draining the energy without doing anything...
NOW with VISTA MICROSOFT JUST ADDED HEAT TO THE PROBLEM (pun intentional) by adding MILLIONS of computers in standby mode!!! THIS IS A CRIME TO HUMANITY!
Microsoft should FIX THIS right away with SP1 making hibernation available in the menu again, making sleep NON DEFAULT and educating the public about energy conservation
Here is an interesting page I found when writing this:
http://www.exoid.com/?page_id=47
I don't know if ANYONE can say anything against what I am saying above. The earth is not doing well.. its heating up too fast.. far sooner that what they thought.
If you mock me you are probably a blind vista follower... eating whatever they give you without using your brain!
I know many people like this here in this newsgroup... they will probably reply to this post saying something stupid!