> At the end of the day your computer is no different from an expensive space heater This has been false for probably a decade or more. Pretty much any modern

> At the end of the day your computer is no different from an expensive space heater This has been false for probably a decade or more. Pretty much any modern processor has dramatically lower power consumption when not under load through a combination of things like clock adjustment, powering off cores, and even dynamically adjusting voltage. This is part of why smartphones have battery life measured in dozens of hours instead of 1-4 hours.