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What do you guys say about occupying landfills more slowly?
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My last paying gig was at the thrift store at an electronics recycler, so I'd start with buy 2nd hand. For instance my Laserjet printer cost me $30 and will work 'forever'.
Beyond that, the downside of turning electronics on and off is the heating/cooling cycle stresses solder joints and they fail. It's like not hot-rodding your car.
With the computer asleep you can still flip a switch on all the wall warts (they consume power 24/7) and turn off the monitor if it doesn't sleep on it's own.
The original 128k Macintosh in 1984 drew 15w, about the same as a light light.