Re: Power management lappie's



Citing Ali (on 07/11/2008 11:12):
On Nov 7, 2:43 am, Hans van Eynsbergen <strangew...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Pro's and cons of using the stand-by modus on a laptop.

So far my laptops have been "on" 24/7.
(Standard Windows XP screen saver)

Since a few days I've activated the stand-by modus.
(Closing the lid)

Opinions ?

--
Hans

"Forty-two!"
"Is that all you've got to show for seven and a half million years of
work?"
"I checked it very thoroughly", said the computer...

No problem and saves your time from heavyduty bootup process. I seldom
shutdown my computer only when i don't have any choice ; installation
of some new software that requires me to boot again.
But i prefer 'hibernate' mode as compare to stand-by ;-) i have
problem with laptop battery and sure i do save some energy !GREEN! I
've found hibernate mode more efficient than stand-by mode.

ali


Yep if you've got no probs in letting your laptop running for ages, try hibernate mode, just a bit slower to turn it up after (it has to re-write from disk to RAM).
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