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<blockquote data-quote="IvanLasston" data-source="post: 1066662" data-attributes="member: 145676"><p>Here is a decent blog post on what a relatively modern mac draws.</p><p><a href="http://www.davidalison.com/2008/06/power-off-or-sleep-at-night.html" target="_blank">David Alison's Blog: Power off or sleep at night?</a></p><p></p><p>Check out the chart in the middle generated off of his APC backup battery </p><p>In sleep mode - 0 watts used, 0% battery load and 785 minutes for battery backup</p><p></p><p>Don't forget that your hard drive gets accessed a lot when you boot your computer - so you are putting wear and tear that you may not need to on your hdd. (Hence the faster boot up times from SSD drives, and since there are no moving parts and you are mainly reading it may be a moot point for SSD based computers)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IvanLasston, post: 1066662, member: 145676"] Here is a decent blog post on what a relatively modern mac draws. [URL="http://www.davidalison.com/2008/06/power-off-or-sleep-at-night.html"]David Alison's Blog: Power off or sleep at night?[/URL] Check out the chart in the middle generated off of his APC backup battery In sleep mode - 0 watts used, 0% battery load and 785 minutes for battery backup Don't forget that your hard drive gets accessed a lot when you boot your computer - so you are putting wear and tear that you may not need to on your hdd. (Hence the faster boot up times from SSD drives, and since there are no moving parts and you are mainly reading it may be a moot point for SSD based computers) [/QUOTE]
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