Originally Posted By: DWallach
1) How loud when idle?

My Macbook Pro on my desk is louder then my MacPro under my desk when idle.
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2) How much power consumption when on but idle (i.e., disks spun down, monitor in powersave, but computer still on)?

Not sure about disks spun down and such, but my Mac Pro 2008 (dual quad, all 8 memory slots filled, 4 hard drives, 2 video cards) is using 180 watts. When fully loaded (video and CPU) it goes a bit above 300. Sleep mode, I'm not sure, as I don't have an external utility to monitor it. I'd expect the new towers with a quad and the newer DDR3 RAM to use a bit less power.

Also, Back to my Mac rocks. I pulled this info off my tower back home, after triggering it to wake from sleep with a WoL packet.


Edited by drakino (11/03/2009 05:49)