Hi there,
Does anyone know what the energy impact measurement in activity monitor actually stands for, I assume W or KW..
Is there any way to calculate to impact to the amount of Watts used?
Thanks in advance!
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), OS X El Capitan (10.11.2), null
Certainly not kilowatts! If that were the case My iMac would currently be consuming more than a three-bar electric fire. The numbers seem to be arbitrary, their significance being relative. This article goes into it in some detail:
If you are concerned, you could get one of those devices you plug into the electrical socket, and you then plug your Mac into, and which shows you the current or power consumed. You will find that your Mac only consumes a few watts.
Far as I know, neither. It seems Apple Inc. has never disclosed what those numbers exactly refer to but simply summarised as "the smaller the better".
few computers has power supplies which supply more then 400watt these days
only extreme gamers pay up for getting 1.2Kwatt psu's usually because they have more then one video card
Activity Monitor energy impact Watts or KiloWatts?
