Many techies often told people keeping their computer running used less power than booting it up every morning. It turns out most of us were wrong. A new study shows that US businesses spend $2.8 billion in keeping unused PCs running. While in the past there were some risks associated with continually turning on and off your PC, modern computer hardware is much better at handling this stress. Read the whole article from InfoWorld here.
Interested in learning more about PC power myths? Read an summary of a Forrester report titled "Five PC power myths debunked."