sleep vs. shut down
Can it do any harm to the powerbook if I only put it to sleep while I take it with me? Because it's realy practical if I don't have to turn it on all the time.
During the day I just want to put it to sleep when I take it with me. I hope that's not bad for this notebook (for the Hard Drive for example).
I shut it down over night, should it be connected to power?
During the day I just want to put it to sleep when I take it with me. I hope that's not bad for this notebook (for the Hard Drive for example).
I shut it down over night, should it be connected to power?
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just close the book when you are not using it and all will be well...
it travels with me every day, never hurt it yet.
Originally posted by future-ex-pc-user
Can it do any harm to the powerbook if I only put it to sleep while I take it with me? Because it's realy practical if I don't have to turn it on all the time.
No.
During the day I just want to put it to sleep when I take it with me. I hope that's not bad for this notebook (for the Hard Drive for example).
It is no bad as long as you respect the simple rule to not move your powerbook during the few seconds it takes to go to sleep. It is safe to move it when the white light in the latch button begins to glow.
I shut it down over night, should it be connected to power?
No. Even if it is sleeping this is not necessary. Note however that in sleep mode, a 12" powerbook draws about 1% of the stored battery energy per hour (at least for the first 10 or 12 hours for 640MB RAM). Thus, leaving it to sleep for 24h on completely charged battery, I would expect to see roughly 75% of energy remaining after waking up.
This is why I wrote Apple about putting "Save and Shutdown..." back in Panther. This saves RAM contents to the drive and thus shuts the computer down so it uses NO battery, yet it wakes up much faster than starting up normally. If this feature makes Panther I will barf in my mouth and swallow it I will be so happy.
This is why I wrote Apple about putting "Save and Shutdown..." back in Panther. This saves RAM contents to the drive and thus shuts the computer down so it uses NO battery, yet it wakes up much faster than starting up normally
In theory. However, if you have (like me) 1 GB ram, a) all that GB has to be written to a file on disc... w/ a 4200rpm HD... clunk clunk clunk...
and b) it has to be read/loaded into ram again, when the laptop 'wakes' up.
So **** it. Either put the computer to sleep (like me) or shut it down, and reboot.