Do you sleep your laptop when you transport it?
iBook and PowerBook users:
Do you sleep your laptop or power it off when you transport it?
Why do you chose to sleep it or power it off?
If you sleep it, do you worry about heat issues? I am concearned that my iBook will overheat in a bag or backpack.
Do you have a padded case? Which brand/style/model?
What laptop model do you have?
What is Apple's official stance on transporting their laptops while sleeping? This seems to be an age-old debate.
Is it hard on the hard drive to move it a lot?
Do you sleep your laptop or power it off when you transport it?
Why do you chose to sleep it or power it off?
If you sleep it, do you worry about heat issues? I am concearned that my iBook will overheat in a bag or backpack.
Do you have a padded case? Which brand/style/model?
What laptop model do you have?
What is Apple's official stance on transporting their laptops while sleeping? This seems to be an age-old debate.
Is it hard on the hard drive to move it a lot?
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Originally posted by dstranathan
iBook and PowerBook users:
Do you sleep your laptop or power it off when you transport it?
Why do you chose to sleep it or power it off?
If you sleep it, do you worry about heat issues?
Do you have a padded case? Which brand/style/model?
What laptop model do you have?
550 mhz G4 Powerbook.
I sleep it, it generates nearly no power or heat when slept. So heat it not a problem. Hard drive stops as well so not concern there.
iBook and PowerBook users:
Well, I'm not an iBook user anymore, but I used to be one, for about nine months.
Do you sleep your laptop or power it off when you transport it?
Sleep, every time.
Why do you chose to sleep it or power it off?
Because it takes one or two seconds to wake back up again, and I don't have to worry about the startup chime attracting too much attention if I'm in a quiet place. Also, the amount of energy used while sleeping is probably less than or equal to the amount of energy used to start up the computer from scratch.
If you sleep it, do you worry about heat issues?
Not at all, sleep only uses a tiny bit of power to hold the contents of RAM. It doesn't cause any heat buildup inside the case.
Do you have a padded case? Which brand/style/model?
I just used a thin cloth sleeve for the iBook, to prevent nasty scratches. No real protection against shock, but that's why the iBook always went in my backpack. Not a special laptop backpack, just a generic one made by Jansport.
What laptop model do you have?
It was an iBook G3/800 12".
I simply close the lid to my iBook 14" and put it in my awesome Brenthaven case.
Shut down? Why? Why would anyone ever shut down except for longterm storage/shipping/RAM or battery switching?
Heat is a non-issue. Stays asleep for days (weeks?). All your stuff is there when you wake up as you left it. Network autosenses new location/setup.
Actually the one reason I don't like sleeping it is that when arriving home, if I was logged onto iChat, it would relogin upon waking which would alert my coworkers that I was home and (seemingly!) available (something that was none of their business). Fortunately iChat can be set up to not re-logon when disconnected.
I hated having people IM me about work the second I got home!
Originally posted by johnq
dstranathan, didn't you post this exact question before? Oh well...
Maybe I am losing my mind. Sorry if I did. LOL
I used iChat at work too. I hated it. I quit using iChat at work. Its dangerous. I'm always an IM away, which annoys me. Heck, the pager I have to wear is called my "hip tumor" by the guys in my IT dept.
Never occurred a problem.
Originally posted by dstranathan
Maybe I am losing my mind. Sorry if I did. LOL
I used iChat at work too. I hated it. I quit using iChat at work. Its dangerous. I'm always an IM away, which annoys me. Heck, the pager I have to wear is called my "hip tumor" by the guys in my IT dept.
you do know you can set ichat so that it always has an away message up right?
Originally posted by johnq
Fortunately iChat can be set up to not re-logon when disconnected.
how? is it the "auto login when ichat is opened" option?
Originally posted by ipodandimac
how? is it the "auto login when ichat is opened" option?
Yeah, just make sure you quit or log off of iChat before sleeping. Than when you open the lid back up (or just go back onto your computer if you aren't a laptop user) than you don't automatically log back in.
I usually sign onto iChat with an away message up so if someone is online who I don't want to talk to, I don't have to.
And being able to talk with an away message up is the greatest thing since sliced bread!
Originally posted by DMBand0026
Yeah, just make sure you quit or log off of iChat before sleeping. Then when you open the lid back up (or just go back onto your computer if you aren't a laptop user) than you don't automatically log back in.
Actually, you can just close the lid. You (should) lose the connection (particularly if you physically go to another network/location) and when you open the lid again you are now logged off of iChat and it will stay logged off until you choose "Available" again.
This is perfect, since you can leave work and just close the lid and open up when you get home and you have the choice of logging in as another non-work account (that's how I avoid coworkers at home).
For me this was crucial since I happily only sleep 3-5 hours a day and I typically IM my girlfriend (long distance relationship - Boston to Bangkok!) at night. If my bosses or coworkers see me online that late they'll give me aggravation the next day and it's none of their damn business, actually
Another factor was that since I have an iBook, any time it went to sleep or if I closed it to carry it up or downstairs in the house, it would log off and on again, potentially dozens of times an evening. Since all my work buddies (in the dozens) mostly have desktops that are on continuously, it meant I was sending sign-on/sign-off noises to all those people. Very annoying. It would also send timestamps of all my wake-from-sleeps to any open chats with me they had open, thereby indicating how often I check my computer. Grrrr....
I hate nosey bosses.
The only few times when I shut down my ibook is when I was in the airport, when it's being checked by metal detector and in the airplane
I found that starting up consumes a lot of battery so I try not to do that.
Originally posted by Ebby
I've had a Powerbook for 4 years. I always sleep it everytime I go to college. It only got hot once when it crashed going to sleep and I didn't notice. There is no ventalation in my bag and it got HOT. Fan spinning full blast and everything. It never got that close to disaster again.
I found that starting up consumes a lot of battery so I try not to do that.
I had that happen to me a couple times and it was actually that my computer wasn't asleep. I don't know what happened to wake it up but it's been years since it happened (I think back in the 10.1 days) and I haven't had a sleep related issue since.
Sleep it is.
I put it to sleep when I travel.
When you put you 'book to sleep, everything shuts off except a small part of RAM so your computer can stay on (I believe).
If you are going on a plane or something, shut it down.
But, for a road trip or something, sleep it.
Hope this helps.
-Leo
Originally posted by Agent Macintosh
If you are going on a plane or something, shut it down.
But, for a road trip or something, sleep it.
Hope this helps.
-Leo
Because air travel some how sucks the battery life out of it?
Don't do that. My philosophy is this: will I be using my computer reasonably soon so that I will have some battery life left when I get to use it again? If yes (I'm going to be using it within 36-48 hours), I sleep it. If not, I shut it down. And this is only if I'm going to be traveling with it. If it's sitting on my desk plugged in, I never shut it down. Ever. The only reason I do is if I think my battery will die before I get to use it. It's that easy.
I'm writing this on it and everything seems to be working OK.
If you take it on a plane with you, DO NOT shut it down, as security will make you show that it's a functioning computer and not a bomb. You'll piss everyone off if they have to wait for it to boot up. Granted, it's not a Windows laptop, but still.
Originally posted by CosmoNut
If you take it on a plane with you, DO NOT shut it down, as security will make you show that it's a functioning computer and not a bomb.
Scary what passes for security still. It's not like they couldn't rig up a working laptop but with plastic explosives in it.
Originally posted by johnq
Scary what passes for security still. It's not like they couldn't rig up a working laptop but with plastic explosives in it.
for real. i'm sure you could probably have a laptop boot off of a 9 volt battery if you built it right and really wanted to have a bomb.