Need a screenshot of Power Management pane in Tiger
I didn't really know where to post this.
Ok, I have a sort of odd request. I am doing a comparison between OS X and XP's power management abilities on my website.
I got most of the section completed except for the part discussing OS X's UPS support. I don't own a UPS so I can't access the UPS pane in System Preferences under Power Management. I have asked others and have got no luck.
I have some screenshots, but they are from Panther. I need some of the preference pane in Tiger.
Can anyone here help me?
Edit: I am looking for screenshots of the UPS pane within Power Management under System Preferences.
Ok, I have a sort of odd request. I am doing a comparison between OS X and XP's power management abilities on my website.
I got most of the section completed except for the part discussing OS X's UPS support. I don't own a UPS so I can't access the UPS pane in System Preferences under Power Management. I have asked others and have got no luck.
I have some screenshots, but they are from Panther. I need some of the preference pane in Tiger.
Can anyone here help me?
Edit: I am looking for screenshots of the UPS pane within Power Management under System Preferences.
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Thanks.
Originally posted by Ebby
There must be a logic explanation, but why would you need the ability to shut down your computer when it is on UPS power? Wouldn´t it be more useful to let it go to sleep when, say, there is 50% juice left in the UPS?
Shutting down is safer under these unusual situations.
Any UPS recommendations?
A G5 sucks a lot of power, so I don't recommend anything less than 900VA. I personally have a APC BackUPS 1500 (1500VA) system, but have a Dual G5, 22" screen, external drives, a RAID5 system, and cable modem/networking gear, and a projector all hooked up to the battery. I also run a scanner, 2 printers, speakers, and other gadgets through the surge protection half. I run this battery backup at a good 90% capacity and it works great. Only overloaded twice, when I turned everything on at once. (My bad.)
The APC configurator thinks I can get away with the 800 VA model, but I'm not quite sold. (APC Back-UPS RS 800VA 120V Black) I just recalculated it and it thinks that will be fine with my current 20" screen as well as a 23" upgrade.
I have a rev A dual G5 2 GHz with 20" Apple display (ADC). My RAM is almost maxed and I have two internal SATA drives. I've also upgraded to an X800 graphics card. I'd probably also plug in a handful of extras like my Epson inkjet printer, SoundSticks, my mouse, a scanner, and two USB hubs. (Actually, the scanner might be bus powered, I don't remember.) Anyhow, I have a decent amount of gear, but no RAID and most of my networking gear is on another circuit on the other side of the room.
Thoughts? You seem to have a pretty good handle on this stuff as well as a decent set of gear.
Originally posted by Ebby
Sleep still uses a little power. If my power is out for 4 days, like it was in January, my computer would run out and crash or whatever.
Shutting down is safer under these unusual situations.
Those setting only make sense if you are not around the computer (or in the location of it) when the power goes, right?
If so shutting down will yield the same result as crashing the computer, right? Non saved data will be lost. Putting the computer to sleep will protect the data for longer. And a laptop can sleep for weeks on battery...
Originally posted by Xool
Interesting. How quiet do the UPS units run?
They are nearly silent until the power goes out. Than the fans kick. Compared to your G5 fans at their highest settings, it would be 70-80% as much noise. You will know it is on.
The most annoying part is the beeps. Just in case you didn't know the power is out, it will beep 3 times like every 30 seconds. Annoying as hell. Some UPS's allow you to turn off the beeping like my brother's belkin model. When our power goes out, a field of electronic crickets lays siege to our house.
The APC configurator thinks I can get away with the 800 VA model
At a bare minimum, you probably could, but the extra power means your computer will stay on longer in a power outage. Giving you more time to save, quit and shut down. Keep in mind you will have this UPS for a long time and it will need to handle any additions you purchase in the future. Better safe than sorry. (If you can afford it)
Anyhow, you gotta love tax writeoffs, which is one more reason I'm considering it to begin with.