Edison – A Simple Way to Manage Your PC Power Settings and Help Save Electricity
Posted by: Barry Cleave in Freeware, tags: Climate Change, Energy Saving, Gadgets, Greenhouse Gas, Independant Review, Independent Review, Power Saving, Pro Reviewer, Utilities, Windows, WIndows Vista, Windows XPMore About What it Does in Detail:
The edison website gives the following details:
Download Edison, an easy-to-use energy-monitoring application, absolutely free.
Edison puts you in control of your PC energy usage by letting you:
Set your schedule
Tell Edison when you use your computer most
Save a little or a lot
Use the Edison efficiency slider to choose the level of energy savings you want to achieve.
See your savings
Edison will calculate your estimated savings based on the setting you choose.
Having installed edison and running it the following screens and menus are provided:
This review will follow the usual format of presenting the majority of information as screenshots backed up by further information where necessary.
(click on any picture to enlarge where necessary)
System Tray icon
When running the following systray icon is presented along with a menu to change the following settings:
If you run multiple instances (see below) then each instance will have its own systray icon, settings and Tooltip.
Main Window
From here you can change settings using the slider between “Save Less” and “Save More” which provides a range of presets. Alternatively, you can click on the CUSTOM button to the left of the slider which changes the screen:
and here you can change individual settings to suit your particular needs.
the Non Work Time screen is exactly the same:
Schedule Screen
Here you select the start and end time and the days on which you want these times for the “Work” options.
The More Screen
A screen to make you feel good 
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October 16th, 2008 at 3:33 am - Edit
I tried this program before and didn’t notice much of a difference in power. I guess it all depends on what kind of desktop setups people have.
November 12th, 2008 at 12:56 am - Edit
Nice, I have been looking for a software like this. I usually forget to shut down my laptop when I go to sleep.
November 16th, 2008 at 10:19 pm - Edit
It will useful for me, I usually forget to shut down my laptop when I go to sleep.
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December 29th, 2008 at 9:56 am - Edit
it lights your PC too.. its Edison.
January 5th, 2009 at 9:55 am - Edit
Its good, if it saves power.
February 27th, 2009 at 4:20 pm - Edit
Anything that can have a positive effect on the environment and in todays economy a positive effect on the contents of my wallet are worth looking at carefully.
March 27th, 2009 at 3:22 pm - Edit
As long as it saves energy and still maintains manages your CPU power. Then it will go a long way.
May 22nd, 2009 at 4:21 am - Edit
great… saves energy. this is usefull for me because when i tired, i forgot to turn of my notebook