XP vs. Vista: Consider the Power Savings
Enterprises with an abundance of Windows XP desktop PCs and laptops can reduce power consumption costs and carbon dioxide emissions by half in switching to Windows Vista. When considering a total cost of ownership analysis for a Vista implementation, IT decision makers should understand how the two operating systems affect power consumption and consider the savings.
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- Anonymous
April 21, 2008
This is true. I have tried everything I can to get XP to use less electricity than Vista. I even installed XP on a Seagate Momentus 2.5" hard drive with an idle wattage of 2w but XP still idled at 72 watts vs an idle of 39 watts on a completley Identical system with vista.