Being able to power any external device (like a hard drive) or to be able to cleanly exit from whatever you're working on if you happen to be present (with a mo

Being able to power any external device (like a hard drive) or to be able to cleanly exit from whatever you're working on if you happen to be present (with a monitor) are both pursuant to these goals. The average PC or workstation isn't configured for a clean exit just because the UPS said it's time. Bridging momentary outages is also useful where that's common, disregarding data loss.