Idle Testing Using Watts Up Meter Testing out the WattsUp Power Meter Pro testing I'm about to push into PTS Git... Looks to be working! Inside A VM...: Processor: Intel Core i5 M 520 @ 2.39GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 2048 MB + 512 MB + 128 MB + 64 MB + 8 MB + 4 MB, Disk: 19GB VMware Virtual I, Graphics: VMware SVGA II OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.36-020636-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: vmware 11.0.1, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.9-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x783 Timed Idle SYS Power Monitor Watts < Lower Is Better Inside A VM... . MIN: 36.3 AVG: 39.7 MAX: 43.3