Comments on: Fufitsu’s 0 Watt PC really does draw 0 Watts when shut down! http://greenmonk.net/fufitsus-0-watt-pc-really-does-draw-0-watts-when-shut-down/ Green from the roots up, Sustainable from the top down Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:43:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Patrick Treacy http://greenmonk.net/fufitsus-0-watt-pc-really-does-draw-0-watts-when-shut-down/comment-page-1/#comment-7293 Patrick Treacy Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:38:47 +0000 http://greenmonk.net/?p=1538#comment-7293 Do you have any idea where the 3W on shutdown go to? Is this usefully employed to power something like a clock (I seem to recall that most computers have a battery for this?) or, as I'm sure is more likely, is it just dissipated as heat? It just made me wonder if the former is the case, then whether the Fujitsu might be relying exclusively on battery power when shut down. If so, it wouldn't necessarily be any more energy efficient - it might just have a bigger battery. I suppose the correct question is 'What have Fujitsu done differently to make it draw 0W when shutdown?' Do you have any idea where the 3W on shutdown go to? Is this usefully employed to power something like a clock (I seem to recall that most computers have a battery for this?) or, as I’m sure is more likely, is it just dissipated as heat?

It just made me wonder if the former is the case, then whether the Fujitsu might be relying exclusively on battery power when shut down. If so, it wouldn’t necessarily be any more energy efficient – it might just have a bigger battery. I suppose the correct question is ‘What have Fujitsu done differently to make it draw 0W when shutdown?’

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