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   On Wed, 2/18/2026 7:38 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:   
   > On 2026-02-18 10:21, Paul wrote:   
   >> On Tue, 2/17/2026 3:08 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>> Sending the display to some sleep mode was a big save. A big CRT display   
   could eat a hundred watts.   
   >>   
   >> I had a Trinitron here, and I checked and standby didn't save a watt :-)   
   >   
   > Mmm. I did not have a power meter at the time. I simply trusted a label   
   these things had,   
   > I forget the text. APM compliant? Green something compliant?   
      
   I don't get a particularly strong feeling about this APM thing.   
   The terminology seemed a bit wishy-washy. The ACPI specs, at   
   five hundred pages a piece, may seem excessive as specs, but   
   at least you can build something that (eventually) worked.   
   You no longer have HIPM/DIPM issues.   
      
   The spare desktop here, is almost as good as my laptop. That's   
   how much improvement in power savings they managed on the CPU   
   at idle. My daily driver is 11W higher at idle (and has a video   
   card, because the iGPU caused problems). The spare desktop   
   is OK with its iGPU.   
      
      Paul   
      
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