http://blogs.msdn.com/b/see/archive/2011/07/25/5-tips-for-reducing-the-environmental-impact-of-your-pc.aspxLast week we spent some time on Twitter with the Microsoft Windows team discussing “green PC’s”. There are a lot of opportunities to reduce the amount of energy that PC’s and monitors consume while operating, and to also support more environmentally-friendlyen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/see/archive/2011/07/25/5-tips-for-reducing-the-environmental-impact-of-your-pc.aspx#10257868Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:56:55 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10257868Mark Aggar<p>A Mac running Windows uses more power than a Mac running Mac OS X because Apple has not provided optimized drivers for Windows like PC OEMs do for their PCs. &nbsp;The corrent drivers make a big difference to battery runtime.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10257868" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/see/archive/2011/07/25/5-tips-for-reducing-the-environmental-impact-of-your-pc.aspx#10191332Sat, 30 Jul 2011 02:57:48 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10191332Maaz Ali<p>It&#39;s a good thing to awake the people about the green computing..</p> <p>Many people are using their computers without knowing that how much energy they are using in just one hour..</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10191332" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/see/archive/2011/07/25/5-tips-for-reducing-the-environmental-impact-of-your-pc.aspx#10190899Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:53:27 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10190899Mayur Gondaliya<p>I think that using windows iteself consumes more energy than Mac. I may be wrong. But, I have found that using my Macbook with Snow Leopard and Windows 7.</p> <p>At full battery, running Mac OS X keeps running on battery for 4 to 5 hours ideally and with Windows only 2 to 3 hours. I can not get my head justifying this fact. Why there is a difference of 2 hours with the same machine.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10190899" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/see/archive/2011/07/25/5-tips-for-reducing-the-environmental-impact-of-your-pc.aspx#10189752Tue, 26 Jul 2011 06:19:07 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10189752PC Power Management<p>Enterprise PC Power Management systems such as Utopia Power Manager is another quick way to save money. PC Power Management is NOT a costly project. More info: <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.windows-power-manager.com">www.windows-power-manager.com</a></p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10189752" width="1" height="1">