Standby sleep or shut down

[pigoo3]

I hear ya Jake...I was going to run the math as well to come up with a number. I agree that $7.65/month is not terrible (maybe an iMac or Mac Pro would run a bit higher)...and as you mentioned this is probaby a very liberal number (on the high side estimate) & the actual number a good bit less. Thus from a monthly or annual cost perspective not too bad.

But...there is another factor to consider. Is it very "Green" to leave a computer running 24-7...even if financially this may not be much of a burden for many folks? I think you mentioned that you're running a home automation server...which may make running a computer 24-7 necessary for you.

I'm not saying I'm a "tree-hugger"...just mentioning this since energy conservation, being "Green", "Save the Planet" is very important to a segment of the population.

- Nick

 

[MacInWin]

Nick, if I were a "tree-hugger" I shouldn't even have a computer. The manufacture of it is energy intensive, probably consuming more power in the manufacture than it will burn in it's entire lifetime. Aluminum takes massive electricity to extract from the ore and the various chips inside the case also take a lot of power to create. The little that gets used by the end user is a small fraction of the total energy footprint of the computer.

 

[Tyehead]

WOW thank you all so much for your replies and advice !! Now how do I find out if my IMAC is SSD or IHD ??

 

[IWT]

WOW thank you all so much for your replies and advice !! Now how do I find out if my IMAC is SSD or IHD ??

There are several ways, but one way is to Click on the Apple icon -  - top left menu bar; then choose about this Mac; then Click on Storage and look under Macintosh HD as in this screenshot



You will see that mine says 1 TB Flash Storage. Flash storage = SSD. Yours might say Fusion or HDD. Let us know if you're not sure.

Ian

 

[pigoo3]

You will see that mine says 1 TB Flash Storage.

Look at the "Big Dog" with the 1TB flash storage drive!

- Nick

 

[IWT]

Look at the "Big Dog" with the 1TB flash storage drive!

Woof, woof!

Nice one, Nick.

Ian