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'My e-wang is bigger than your e-wang' should definitely not apply to the office world. That nonsense is purely for fanboys.

I agree that most systems are over specced in the office and yeah I like that Via cm-7 (but mostly for my fantasy car stereo). Problem is Microsoft. While XP will probably get by on a 1 gig machine XP is on its way out and there's no way windows vista will run on it.

And I don't think anyone here is really advocating leaving the systems on at night as a 'general' policy. First we're just trying to relate how we got in this mess in the first place and secondly there are some admins out there who just can't turn'em off at night for one reason or another.

Then there's the 'green' folk who just want change overnight. Look at your boss people and ask yourself this. Will there EVER be any change let alone tonight?

Oh and all you people throwing around Wake on Lan and Hibernate et al. How bout a few links to let the uninitiated know what's up in more detail. This is the web for crying out loud.

Of course El Reg's 'absolutely no html' policy doesn't help much. It's a moderated forum for crying out loud guys. At least allow hyperlinks. I