1. An apparatus, comprising: a task to be on executed after an occurrence of one or more particular wake events while a system is in a reduced power consumption state, the system having a processor, a storage device coupled to the processor, an operating system stored in the storage device, and having a plurality of operational states including the reduced power consumption state; and a controller operatively coupled to the task, and adapted to execute the task in response to a detection of an occurrence of one of the particular wake events while the system is in the reduced power consumption state, with the system remaining in the reduced power consumption state during the execution of the task.