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Jinkster

6th Mar 2004 06:30

STANDBY on laptop

Is it wise to leave a laptop on standby for hours on end instead of switching it off.

Cant see any difference myself - hell of alot quicker to start up when one comes back to it.

Jinkster

Naples Air Center, Inc.

6th Mar 2004 07:20

Jinkster,

It depends on the OS your notebook is running. It took Microsoft several tries to get it right, and I do not think they have it 100%.

Take Care,

Richard

Ausatco

10th Mar 2004 06:26

I'm interested in this too. I have a P4 notebook with XP Home. Between uses I leave it on standby with the power adapter plugged in and switched on. Every week or two I unplug the adapter and run the battery down (eg, watch a DVD, or some other power-hungry task) to cycle it.

I've asked some techy people if this is a reasonable/good/bad strategy but haven't had a definitive answer, though have received many opinions!

What is the consensus here?

AA

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