[Ti] sleep mode - Battery life

[Justin R. Miller]

My $0.02:

I got my 667 TiBook in September and used ONLY sleep mode until about 
April.  I routinely had uptimes in the double digits of days, and this 
was with 10-15 apps almost always open.

In April, I started shutting down at night and when going more than a 
few hours between uses.  I've not noticed any real benefit, and I think 
I'll go back to "just sleeping" now.

I come from a Linux/FreeBSD on the desktop background of about 5-6 
years and I concur with the notion that UNIX systems are designed to 
just run, with no "decay" over uptime the way Windows machines do, what 
with untold files with no apparent consistency or purpose, except when 
you move or alter them, and with apparent memory leaks in the OS 
itself.  All the evidence I've seen with OS X is that it is 
operationally the same as other UNIX systems, and that means GOOD :-D

--Justin

On Friday, June 6, 2003, at 09:34  AM, Murray Kastner wrote:

> At 3:07 PM +0200 6/6/03, Lisbeth Zachs wrote:
>> fredagen den 6 juni 2003 kl 11.12 skrev wp:
>>
>>> sleep is for few minutes pause
>>>
>>> if Im going to stop the work for more, just shut down
>>
>> -----------
>> But why? The computer works just as beautiful the next time I want 
>> it,  if I simply close the lid.
>>
>> Is there seriously a teori that the computer is better treated if we 
>> shut it down properly at long breaks.
>>
>> I'm of the opinion that either it doesn't matter, or that it infact 
>> is better for the computer not to be turned on so often and therefor 
>> healthier to keep it running.
>
> This is a long-running debate: whether it is better to shut down 
> during periods of idleness. I understood that the hard drives, etc. 
> last longer if they are always left on. And the easy-sleep feature of 
> the Macs tend to enable this.
>
> My vote is to leave it on. And the way it was explained to me was 
> through an anology with a light bulb. When does it usually burn out? 
> Usually upon startup, when the stress on elements is greatest. Ergo, 
> ellectric and electronic elements will endure constant-on better than 
> off-on.
>
> Now I will merely close the lid as I won't be using my BigAl for a few 
> hours.
>
> -- 
> Best regards,
>
> Murray
> mailto:murrayka at mac.com
>
>
>
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