Phoronix compared the power consumption of Mac OS X,Ubuntu 11.04, and Windows 7

Last week we delivered results looking at the power consumption of Ubuntu 11.04 versus Windows 7, which was interesting in its own right, but in this article is a brief look at where Apple's Mac OS X operating system fits in between the power consumption of Ubuntu Linux and Microsoft Windows.

  Mac OS X Power Consumption vs. Ubuntu 11.04, Windows 7