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http://web.mac.com/martinmacleod/iWeb/Site/Blog/powersavings.pdf

Switching off the pc or mac can save a significant amount of energy not to mention money. So how do you go about doing this?

On the pc side an SMS job could be scheduled to send remote shutdown commands either the Microsoft shutdown or psshutdown is very effective. Then use the bios to initiate a power on at a set time – though you’d need to check that your bios supports this, or a wake on lan request?

On the mac side, it’s very easy. Click the apple at top right of the screen, go to system preferences, then energy savings and click the schedule option, you’ll get a screen like this. In the example, it’s my home mac which is set up to switch on before I come home, run Itunes, download my podcasts and be ready for my blogging activity. In an office you probably want to swap the values.

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