US workers waste $2.8 billion/yr by failing to shut off their PCs at the end of the day(sciam.com)

1 pointsby markupvor 17 Jahren2 comments

US workers waste $2.8 billion/yr by failing to shut off their PCs at the end of the day

http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=leaving-pcs-on-overnight-wastes-bil-2009-03-30

1 comments

ksvsvor 17 Jahren

Mostly because computers boot so slowly.

jcapotevor 17 Jahren

I'd love the counter point article -- "Workers make their companies lose 2.8 billion a year in wasted productivity waiting for their computers to boot"