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Graeme
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 Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 10:01 pm Post subject: Software tool to cut PC's energy use offered for free |
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Software tool to cut PC's energy use offered for free
| Quote: | More than half of the energy used by computers is wasted, and an industry group says a simple piece of software will help solve that problem.
A typical home PC uses enough electricity to emit 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide a year.
Today, Verdiem will offer an energy-saving software solution -- for free.
The company, based in Seattle, will offer freeware called Edison. It is available at www.verdiem.com/edison. Verdiem sells its energy-management software to big companies. The release of this consumer product is being supported by Microsoft and the non-profit Climate Savers Computing Initiative, which pledges to reduce computer energy consumption by 50 percent by 2010. |
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Golgo13
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| Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 2:26 am Post subject: Re: Software tool to cut PC's energy use offered for free |
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| EULA wrote: | | 5. Third-Party Software. The Software contains or is distributed with software that is provided by third parties (“Third-Party Software”). Third-Party Software is not governed by this Agreement. Information about the Third-Party Software, if any, and the license terms, notices, and disclaimers applicable to the Third-Party Software, are contained in the licenses.txt file accompanying the Software. |
I want to know what it is prior to installation. The article doesn't say anything about it, they don't say what it is in the EULA, their site doesn't mention it, and I couldn't find any information on what it might be searching Google. |
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Cashmere
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| Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 3:11 am Post subject: Re: Software tool to cut PC's energy use offered for free |
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Scam.
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baha
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| Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:45 am Post subject: Re: Software tool to cut PC's energy use offered for free |
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I just installed it. The only difference between this and windows default energy management is that you set a "work time" and "non-work time" that have different power down settings. This won't help me much since I turn off my computer when I'm not using it.
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Graeme
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| Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 10:12 pm Post subject: Re: Software tool to cut PC's energy use offered for free |
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Sorry guys. I did start out with good intentions but after your comments, and the comments at this CNET site, I probably won't install this either.
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Quinny
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| Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:00 am Post subject: Re: Software tool to cut PC's energy use offered for free |
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We offer a remote management 'wake up' service where we powerdown PC's when not used, but then power-up in morning and logon to all corporate systems and then lock the screen.
This saves a few minutes each morning logging on to network systems (and minimises bandwidth spikes). It also save a lot of electric power as previously people used to leave systems on standby to avoid delays in morning. People also used to have to leave systems on to allow patch updates etc. We no longer do this. Wake up on LAN can help to minimise power usage if applied intelligently Intel's new VPRO technology is even better. |
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yesplease
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| Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:27 am Post subject: Re: Software tool to cut PC's energy use offered for free |
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Most systems have the equivalent of an alarm clock via bios that can be set by the OS, so WOL is kinda pointless in that context. Great sell to companies who don't know jack about their hardware though!  I suppose it's nice for applying updates since a low power server could be left at idle, waiting for updates, then send the "magic" packets to all the other systems so they could update.
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Quinny
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| Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 3:48 pm Post subject: Re: Software tool to cut PC's energy use offered for free |
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You're absolutely right, but it's ensuring that it happens across the whole network that requires efficient/effective systems management.
| yesplease wrote: | | Most systems have the equivalent of an alarm clock via bios that can be set by the OS, so WOL is kinda pointless in that context. Great sell to companies who don't know jack about their hardware though! I suppose it's nice for applying updates since a low power server could be left at idle, waiting for updates, then send the "magic" packets to all the other systems so they could update. |
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| Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 4:28 pm Post subject: Re: Software tool to cut PC's energy use offered for free |
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| Quinny wrote: | | You're absolutely right, but it's ensuring that it happens across the whole network that requires efficient/effective systems management. |
A script to wake 'em up at a specific time slipstreamed (or what have you) into the install CD and that's that. I suppose logging in remotely and copying to to every system would work too but I guess I'm just lazy.
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Quinny
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:47 pm Post subject: Re: Software tool to cut PC's energy use offered for free |
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It's a bit cleverer than that, uses agent technology so settings can be changed for each user/PC type.
| yesplease wrote: | | Quinny wrote: | | You're absolutely right, but it's ensuring that it happens across the whole network that requires efficient/effective systems management. |
A script to wake 'em up at a specific time slipstreamed (or what have you) into the install CD and that's that. I suppose logging in remotely and copying to to every system would work too but I guess I'm just lazy. |
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 2:08 pm Post subject: Re: Software tool to cut PC's energy use offered for free |
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So a fancier dialog then. Your clients still have more dollars than sense IMO, but as long as it's better than older versions (I know, I know, act isn't acs ) I suppose it's better than a kick in the head.
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Quinny
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 2:28 pm Post subject: Re: Software tool to cut PC's energy use offered for free |
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So we save them time and money by better managing their systems and they're stupid! It's not just knowing what to do, but ensuring it happens consistently and automating to avoid the need for expensive management costs.
If you think they're so stupid - What should they do!
| yesplease wrote: | | So a fancier dialog then. Your clients still have more dollars than sense IMO, but as long as it's better than older versions (I know, I know, act isn't acs ) I suppose it's better than a kick in the head. |
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yesplease
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:39 pm Post subject: Re: Software tool to cut PC's energy use offered for free |
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| Quinny wrote: | | So we save them time and money by better managing their systems and they're stupid! It's not just knowing what to do, but ensuring it happens consistently and automating to avoid the need for expensive management costs. |
No, I said they have more dollars than sense, not that they're stupid. They could do it in house but they choose not to for whatever reason. That doesn't mean they're stupid, just that they would rather pay than attempt to do similar, hence, more dollars than sense.
| Quinny wrote: | | If you think they're so stupid - What should they do! |
Like I said before, I never said they're stupid, just that they have more dollars than sense, common sense to be specific.
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Quinny
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:58 am Post subject: Re: Software tool to cut PC's energy use offered for free |
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Whole point being it would cost more to do in house! | yesplease wrote: | | Quinny wrote: | | So we save them time and money by better managing their systems and they're stupid! It's not just knowing what to do, but ensuring it happens consistently and automating to avoid the need for expensive management costs. |
No, I said they have more dollars than sense, not that they're stupid. They could do it in house but they choose not to for whatever reason. That doesn't mean they're stupid, just that they would rather pay than attempt to do similar, hence, more dollars than sense.
| Quinny wrote: | | If you think they're so stupid - What should they do! |
Like I said before, I never said they're stupid, just that they have more dollars than sense, common sense to be specific. |
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:55 am Post subject: Re: Software tool to cut PC's energy use offered for free |
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| Quinny wrote: | | Whole point being it would cost more to do in house! |
How so?
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