Monday, July 2, 2007

About hibernate & standby

When you put the notebook/pc into hibernate, it saves everything in memory on disk, turns off your monitor and also hard disk, and then turns off your computer. So, there is no electricity consumption at all. And, there is no vibration issue when you bring the notebook to move around (because everything is OFF).

In contrast, while on standby, your entire computer switches to a low-power state where devices, such as the monitor and hard disks, turn off and your computer uses less power. Standby is particularly useful for conserving battery power in portable computers. Because Standby does not save your desktop state to disk, a power failure while on Standby can cause you to lose unsaved information.

Hope that I have answered your concerns.

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