[P1] More on ibook sleep

[Brian Pearce]

> Read with interest the sleep discussion, with the consensus being that 
> it is
> fine to let your ibook sleep most of the time, instead of keep 
> re-booting.
> My question is, how does this affect battery life. Surely this means 
> more
> usage of the battery, so does this not shorten the life?

Sleep mode does drain the battery, but very, very, *very* slowly. Yes, 
it will shorten the battery life -- just as regular use would, because 
the battery has a finite number of charge and discharge cycles, but I 
wouldn't be all that concerned about it. My original iBook battery 
lasted three or four years, and I almost always put into sleep mode 
instead of shutting down.

BRIAN/bpearce at cloud9.net