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We’ve talked about the power management enhancements in Windows 7 and wanted to share this case study about the City of Miami’s move to Windows 7. Faced with unprecedented budgetary challenges, officials at the City of Miami needed to trim municipal operating expenses while continuing to provide services to their citizens. One way they were able to reduce costs was through the use of new group policy power management preferences in Windows 7. The case study suggests that the City of Miami will cut “more than $45,000 in energy costs in just the first year after deployment.”

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"Microsoft and Intel engineers were able to reduce power usage of a Windows 7 laptop nearly 20 percent over an identical laptop running Windows Vista SP2."

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"You will have spotted the ballyhoo by now - Microsoft's new Windows 7 operating system is out today. And, rather as when Microsoft launched Vista three years ago, the company is trumpeting its energy-saving credentials. Windows 7 offers "more than just lip service" on eco-friendly features.

Seemingly "Apple machines running with Apple operating systems use little more than half as much power as either Apples or PCs that are running Vista" - I did not know that!

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