Why wouldn't you if you don't know how long you're going to be "offline"? If you only had a few minutes of battery left, who knows how long that would last in stand-by, probably not over a weekend.
Fred On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 10:52 AM, MB Software Solutions, LLC < [email protected]> wrote: > On 6/22/2011 1:15 PM, Rick Schummer wrote: > >>> The only other times it's been rebooted was when I've had to move my > cube/office to a new location.<< > > > > Even when I move my laptop to visit a customer or go away for the > weekend, I hibernate it. I hibernate because I don't > > want to restart all the apps and get things rolling again when I turn the > laptop back on. The rebooting time for Windows > > 7 on my 6-month old computer is really fast, maybe just as fast as coming > out of hibernation. Nothing like the old days > > when you could take a 5 minute break waiting for the login screen. The > only problem with hibernation is the 8GB > > hibernation file.<g> > > > And you're choosing hibernation over StandBy because StandBy still uses > power? > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
