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<blockquote data-quote="ziphnor" data-source="post: 82643" data-attributes="member: 14215">Im actually quite please with S4, it resume within seconds and the power usage is low enough for 24/7 operation. What would be neat would be hardware supported resume from hibernation if that is possible, ie skipping or speeding up the boot sequence and go straight to resuming the memory from disk.Still, Away Mode could be interesting for when the HTPC is recording or acting as server to TV/music clients. I wonder how much power is saved in Away Mode?Im actually considering a Merom based system myself, but so far i have held back because i would need a seperate video card, the only decent onboard GPU is the 6150, and i havent seen any Merom(or Conroe) boards with an 6150, making the power saved by the CPU pale in comparison to the idle power consumption of the video card. But i suppose that if Away Mode can actually turn off the video card, then it wouldnt be so much of a power consumption issue to have say a 7600GT video card.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ziphnor, post: 82643, member: 14215"] Im actually quite please with S4, it resume within seconds and the power usage is low enough for 24/7 operation. What would be neat would be hardware supported resume from hibernation if that is possible, ie skipping or speeding up the boot sequence and go straight to resuming the memory from disk. Still, Away Mode could be interesting for when the HTPC is recording or acting as server to TV/music clients. I wonder how much power is saved in Away Mode? Im actually considering a Merom based system myself, but so far i have held back because i would need a seperate video card, the only decent onboard GPU is the 6150, and i havent seen any Merom(or Conroe) boards with an 6150, making the power saved by the CPU pale in comparison to the idle power consumption of the video card. But i suppose that if Away Mode can actually turn off the video card, then it wouldnt be so much of a power consumption issue to have say a 7600GT video card. [/QUOTE]

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