After it’s much criticized “Vista” version ,Microsoft is coming up with “Windows 7” which claims to reduce  electricity bills as compared to its older versions.

(Follow complete Windows 7 analysis on engineering team blog)
It’s main focus will be on reducing idle power consumption and supporting new device power modes. Windows 7 starts up, shuts down, resumes from standby, and responds faster.
Also read:
Seven power saving tips by Laarni on PCMag
How to manage Windows 7 power settings by Pedro on EntepriseITPlanet. Interesting comment by Brad Jones on smart power save using light dimming

This is an interesting video. Executives from different companies were being asked the same question and their reply ranged from “Definitely happening” to “Total hype”. We think reality is somewhere in between.

What do you think? Is your company planning to allocate budget for green computing?