"Many office workers have the same morning routine: turn on the computer, then grab coffee, catch up with coworkers, or look at paperwork while Windows boots up. Others save time, but waste energy, by keeping their machines on all the time. Now Device VM, a startup based in Silicon Valley, has a product that circumvents the everlasting boot-up. The company has recently released a tiny piece of software that, when integrated with common computer hardware, gives users the option to boot either Windows or a faster, less-complex operating system called Splashtop."
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Member since:2006-02-15
Hibernation is eco friendly.
True. Suspend-to-disk is pretty much the same thing as turning your computer off except that it's back in a useable state faster than it would otherwise be. Suspend-to-ram does consume some energy but even that doesn't actually consume much. For example my laptop has really sucky battery as the laptop running on battery stays on for only about 15 minutes! But well, if I suspend-to-ram and remove the AC adapter the battery lasts for about 2 days. One good thing about suspend-to-ram is that it's almost an instant-on 
I use it constantly: I just suspend my PCs when I am going to bed and then when I get out of bed they are useable again the instant I press the power button. No need for SplashTop in that sense :3
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2007-03-26
Hibernation is eco friendly.