Apple Inc.

R Dean Reece

Stuart David Cheshire

Ethan T Bold

J Rhoads Hollowell, Ii

Joe Liu

Exemplary embodiments of methods, apparatuses, and systems for powering up select components of a computer from a sleep state, maintaining a network state, and powering down the select components of the computer to return the computer to the sleep state are described. For one embodiment, a network interface and a fan controller receive power during the network state maintenance but a display or audio components do not receive power during the network state maintenance.

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Foster City, CA, United States of America

R Dean Reece