http://blogs.msdn.com/see/archive/2009/06/16/windows-7-and-power-management.aspxWith the upcoming release of Windows 7 we wanted to provide you with more information on the new power management features in the product and ways that we’re driving energy efficiency across the PC ecosystem. Microsoft recognizes that software can playen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/see/archive/2009/06/16/windows-7-and-power-management.aspx#9762570Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:56:41 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9762570Windows Experience Blog<p>Microsoft’s Environmental Sustainability Blog has posted an excellent blog post today highlighting Windows</p> http://blogs.msdn.com/see/archive/2009/06/16/windows-7-and-power-management.aspx#9762798Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:53:05 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9762798marypcb<p>I'd like to encourage you to offer a power auditing tool to show me what third party software and hardware is doing to both my performance and power management. If an anti-virus tool makes me install, reboot, update and reboot, I can see it's not well written - but how am I going to know if it's stopping my PC going into idle, or if my USB device has the wrong power settings? A Power and Perf power toy would be a huge help to people...</p> http://blogs.msdn.com/see/archive/2009/06/16/windows-7-and-power-management.aspx#9762925Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:19:51 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9762925FrancoisAjenstat<p>have a look at the powercfg utility. when you use the /energy switch you can figure out which devices/apps are consuming energy. </p> http://blogs.msdn.com/see/archive/2009/06/16/windows-7-and-power-management.aspx#9769298Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:11:58 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9769298anonymuos<p>What does Microsoft have to say to this comparison-&gt;: <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=3582">http://anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.aspx?i=3582</a> ?</p>