Windows 7 power management: The road to green IT
Today, more organizations are focusing on power management as a way of reducing costs by lowering their electricity bills associated with running client computers. Additionally, IT pros need to quickly identify and resolve energy inefficiencies on individual client computers. Windows 7 operating system power management technologies provide platform and processor efficiencies that reduce power consumption, helping to lower energy costs. Windows 7 also provides diagnostic tools that enable IT pros to better manage and troubleshoot power management on client computers and to extend the time that users can work on their computers.
Designed to conserve power. Windows 7 helps reduce power consumption by working with the latest hardware power-management capabilities and better managing how application processes use the processor. For example, Windows 7 includes device driver support for the latest processor power management technologies from leading independent hardware vendors (IHVs)—in the box. In-box support of these technologies enables users and IT pros to experience power-saving benefits immediately after installation.
Provides longer battery life. Windows 7 helps give portable computers longer battery life so that mobile users can be more productive and get more work done on a single battery charge. For example, integrated displays are the largest power consumer on typical portable computers. Adaptive Display Brightness automatically dims the display after a period of inactivity. Windows 7 also provides users with a richer experience when travelling by focusing on performance optimizations and core infrastructure optimizations that provide benefit across several user scenarios.
Enhanced enterprise power manageability. Windows 7 enables IT pros to better manage power and troubleshoot related problems. Similarly, IT pros can centrally control more power management settings on a granular level. These settings include the new options Adaptive Display Brightness, Reserve Battery Notification Level, and Allowing Automatic Sleep with Open Network Files. IT pros can also configure power management settings by using Group Policy preferences.
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