[CUBE] Low power server

[Eagle]

On Thursday, May 29, 2003, at 17:11 US/Eastern, Randy Spencer wrote:
> I want to have my iTunes server running all the time, I have two Macs 
> that
> make no noise, a cube with 17" LCD, and a fanless slot-loading iMac.  
> When I
> let either of the sleep the are unable to respond to network access 
> (unlike
> my old 233 iMac).  I want to know which would use less power if I were 
> to
> not let it sleep.  The iMac seems to run the CRT all the time unless I 
> let
> it sleep so that seems to be a lot of dollars for electricity, but the 
> LCD
> doesn't turn all the way off either when I choose to let the display 
> sleep.
> Both just put up a black display.
>
> I have a PC laptop that also doesn't make noise but it won't run 
> iTunes.

Randy,

Are you sure that the display does not turn off?  There are both Screen 
Effects and Energy Saver options for blanking the display.  Do you have 
the display option enabled in Energy Saver?  Mine seems to turn off 
completely - or at least it seems to turn off the backlight, which is 
what's important to me.

You can also sleep the HD.  I figure a fanless Cube with HD & display 
sleeping is about as minimal as you can get with a non-sleeping 
computer.

Eagle