Re: Since OSX will be moving to Intels...

"What's the difference? Is this a functional spec or an implementation spec?
IOW,
write up for me in steps what happens with each and why it makes a
difference. "

Standby shuts off the PC, but keeps RAM going. That allows for "instant on"
or off, but also means that if the power goes out, the contents of RAM are
lost. Also, for example, on a notebook, keeping RAM going still uses up
battery power, so you couldn't, for instance, put a system into standby and
have it sit for a month, then power it back up and continue onward.

Hibernate, on the other hand, takes the contents of RAM and saves it to a
file on the hard disk, then completely shuts the PC down. The next time the
system powers up, the contents of RAM are immediately loaded from the disk
back into memory, thus allowing the user to pick back up precisely where
they left off.

PCs are capable of utilizing both standby and hibernate, but I've never seen
that option availiable in Macintoshes as of yet. Which is why, of course,
the question was posed to the group.



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