10 STEPS TO 'GREEN' YOUR COMPUTERS

1.CHECK ACTUAL COMPUTER ENERGY USE
Give your system a once over power meter that display how much energy your are actually using.Then use the handy calculator to compate your computer energy usage,waltage and projected saving with more efficient machine.

2.DOWNSIZE
Switch to a laptop when you don’t need the further capabilities of a desktop.Laptops typically consume half the power of desktops and are ideal to extended stays at airports or local café.If all you need is Internet and word processing,netbooks are both sensible and trendy

3.UPGRADE
Computer energy conservation should be priority No ! When shopiing for a new machine,peripherals or hardware.If all computers in the country were energy Star cerfified,it would offset the greenhouse gas emissions of nearly two millon cars.When you ditch the old computer and sna a new one,don't forget to recycle,reduce & reuse

4.DITCH THE SCREEN SAVER
Screen savers make for pretty pictures but modern monitors actually consume more energy while running them.

5.TURN OF THE LIGHTS
Turn down your monitors brightness setting.The 'brightest' setting on a monitor consumes twice the power of the dimmest

6.SHUT OFF PERIPHERAL
When not in use, shut down such extras as printers,speakers and scanners

7.FIGHT PHANTOM POWER
It almost goes without saying,but always use a power strip.They save space and energy.Try and plug all your electronics into one strip and switch it off when you are finished.If you want to avoid rebooting,put processors on a separate strip

8.SLEEP ON IT
Use computer and monitor sleep modes to save around RM175 a year in energy costs per annum.Set your monitor and hard drives to turn off after 15 minutes of inactivity and you'll reduce waste by almost 40%

9.WIPE EXTRA WINDOW
Close rarely used application to save energy and processing power.You'd be surprise what a drain Photoshop,FireFox,Word,GarageBand,Solitaire,Outlook and Skype put on your system when running all at once

10.CREATE ENERGY SAVING SYSTEM
Set up multipower scheme to address different usage models.For example, arrange a power scheme to iTunes that immediatelt shuts off other programmes and monitors without putting your system into standby mode

Stay tune for more 'Green' tips folks.....

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