Vista flexes its power is about a supposedly new feature with Vista that allows companies to save energy. namely: "With Windows Vista, Microsoft plans to put machines to sleep after an hour of inactivity"
Excuse me while I yawn. Mac's have had robust ability to go to sleep for a looooong time. And, for that matter, Windows has had a similar ability (through ACPI hardware in the computers) but in my experience the standby or hibernate modes have not been reliable.
It's wonderful to hear a computer company talk about enabling computers to use less power. It is painful considering the power wasted by desktop computers staying turned on all night long. Those computers, when left turned on all the time, are directly tied to poisons being introduced into the environment because most methods humanity has developed for generating electricity involves poisons or other ecological damage. Hence it is a good idea for humanity to figure out how to minimize the damage introduced by the gizmos we use around us.
But back to the article -- while the beginning of the article sounds like a clueless reporter mouthing hype from Microsoft it does go on to some specifics. Such as fixing several issues around the machine actually going to sleep when the user thought they put it to sleep. Another issue mentioned is corporations requiring a desktop PC being left awake so that patches etc can be installed, and their fix is a way to remotely wake a computer.
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