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by: intotheblue4 April 23, 2009 12:30 PM PDT

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Shut down or Stand By/Hibernate

by intotheblue4 - 4/23/09 12:30 PM

Hello,
What is the best practice with laptops - shut down or stand by?

I'll explaine my problems: one of the laptops I work on (Dell) is a everyday 8 am to 8 pm laptop and I shut it down every night. For 4.5 years I had no problems.
Another one - Toshiba I use about once or twice a week for sometimes extended periods with breaks - i.e. from 8 am to 11 am, then break and then again - from 6 pm to midnight. I used to keep this one on stand by, sometimes hibernated in between breaks and I noticed that its performance deteriorated, possibly due to overheating. It's 5 y.o. now and barely works.
Now, I got 3rd comp which will be used in the same way as Toshiba. Please advise the best way to turn it off.

Thanks much.


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Here is a great....

by jeff_windows_team Windows Outreach Team - 4/23/09 12:58 PM

In Reply to: Shut down or Stand By/Hibernate by intotheblue4

discussion going on about Stand By VS Sleep VS Hibernate: http://forums.cnet.com/5208-7587_102-0.html?threadID=255191 . For the heavy amount of use you described, I would recommend shutting down.

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For Laptops, We Shut Them Down

by Grif Thomas Moderator - 4/23/09 2:28 PM

In Reply to: Shut down or Stand By/Hibernate by intotheblue4

They just don't cool well and we see no reason to let them run for 6 hours of doing nothing..

Hope this helps.

Grif


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by Plaid Gorilla Suit - 6/15/12 5:40 PM

In Reply to: Shut down or Stand By/Hibernate by intotheblue4

Hi,
I prefer to shutdown my laptop. I work from home as a Graphic Designer, Web Developer and Audio Engineer.
My battery died and I have noticed that my power conditioner gets hot now. I know, I need a new battery! But it's not as simple as just buying one.
I do good to just pay the bills and have food to eat due to this economy.
I live in a very old house. Lately there have been many houses on my street that have burned down because of toasters, microwaves, tv's and etc that were left plugged in.
I prefer not to die by the tool that helps me to put food on my table.
Then again, it could be sweet justice to be killed by the one you love? But Isabel Compac, why?


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