Question about turning laptop off vs sleep

[DollarAndADream]

when should you shut off your laptop vs sleep?

I know it isn't good to turn off and on your laptop multiple times a day but what about overnight?

[KRANE]

I turn mine on/off once a day. In between either sleep or hibernate: Sleep less than an hour. Hibernate 1 hour plus.


But to tell you the truth, I rarely use sleep except when I'm changing location because of too much noise or a bad environment or something like that.

[Quzah]

During the day I use sleep. At night I shut it down.

[DollarAndADream]

I turn mine on/off once a day. In between either sleep or hibernate: Sleep less than an hour. Hibernate 1 hour plus.


But to tell you the truth, I rarely use sleep except when I'm changing location due too much noise or a bad environment or something like that.

what's the difference between sleep and hibernate?

[Quzah]

what's the difference between sleep and hibernate?

Here a go brah.


http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Sleep-and-hibernation-frequently-asked-questions


Sleep is a power-saving state that allows a computer to quickly resume full-power operation (typically within several seconds) when you want to start working again. Putting your computer into the sleep state is like pausing a DVD player—the computer immediately stops what it’s doing and is ready to start again when you want to resume working.

Hibernation is a power-saving state designed primarily for laptops. While sleep puts your work and settings in memory and draws a small amount of power, hibernation puts your open documents and programs on your hard disk, and then turns off your computer. Of all the power-saving states in Windows, hibernation uses the least amount of power. On a laptop, use hibernation when you know that you won't use your laptop for an extended period and won't have an opportunity to charge the battery during that time.

[YoMaMa84]

I normally put mine to sleep and plug it in when i'm leaving. I hardly ever turn off my laptop

[boast]

since I've bought my macbook in jan, it has never been fully shutoff for more than a few seconds. I just close the lid (sleep mode) at night. It would probably have like a 5 month uptime if it wasn't for the update reboots.

[iliketojuggle]

I never shutdown, just hibernate at night