Measuring Power Consumption

I bought a Kill-a-Watt power meter some time ago and used it to measure how much power my MAc ***** up. I currently have a Mini and it's power consumption I think is tremendous. I am considering purchasing a MacPRO sometime in the next few months and was wondering what the MacPro, or any other Mac for that matter, uses in electricity in 3 different modes: sleep, pegged, running
Mac Mini:
running: 19-20 watts
pegged: 33 watts
sleep: 2-3 watts
Also, please post how you measured the electricity used.
Thanks, Jim

Here is what Apple has to say:
http://www.apple.com/environment/resources/calculator.html
Also:
http://www.apple.com/environment/resources/specs.html
-mj
[email protected]
Message was edited by: macjack

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