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February 2, 2009 at 3:18 am #160943EdstaMember
Which of the 3 options above do you most often use with your NC10? And why? Pros and cons?
As I understand it, one difference between laptops and desktops is that with a laptop you don’t want to leave it on standby all the time…I thought that was due to not wanting the battery to run down, but then I read somewhere about an NC10 owner who left his Sammy on standby, put it in the OEM carrying case, put it in his backpack, and when he took it out several hours later, the machine was really hot and he couldn’t turn it back on for several hours!
I definitely don’t want THAT to happen to mine, but at the same time the thought of constantly turning it on and off doesn’t seem quite right either, if I use my NC10 a half dozen times a day, often at 2-4 different locations…
Any insights on what actually happens inside the NC10 during Standby or Hibernation modes, do tell please.
February 2, 2009 at 3:26 am #182132berflesMemberI’d like to know this too, I just turned hibernation down because I got tired of it “resuming” but now I think I have it set a little too high.
February 2, 2009 at 3:37 am #182126DerekMemberHibernate – simply because it is completely powered down, and I don’t have to worry about power drain. The few seconds of delay on resume doesn’t bother me at all – even with 2GB.
I have 3 laptops and use hibernate on them all…
I use stand-by on my desktops.February 2, 2009 at 4:06 am #182129hufnMemberAs derek pointed out – the difference between hibernate and powe down is that the hibernate can resume a session, but both are completely powered off. The standby is on, although only the ram is kept powered. I can see issues if it’s kept in a case all day, but I generally have it downstairs in my house on a side table, so standby is great, and much faster to resume. Never had any issues with overheating in a case and I bring it to work on occasion.
February 2, 2009 at 9:48 am #182136Billy RubinMemberIt depends on when I’m going to be using it next, if it’s within an hour I’ll put it into hibernate mode otherwise I’ll shutdown.
February 2, 2009 at 10:31 am #182122AlfiharParticipantI standby during the day,
I shutdown at the end of the day,
I hibernate if the battery gets very low and I need to keep something open.In contrast to my desktop which either runs 24/7 if it’s doing something, or if it’s idle gets put to sleep.
February 2, 2009 at 11:07 am #182130TCMuffinMember[quote1233572838=Alfihar]
I standby during the day,
I shutdown at the end of the day,
I hibernate if the battery gets very low and I need to keep something open.
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Me too 🙂February 2, 2009 at 12:44 pm #182133avserviceMemberI Standby only unless I am on the road driving for the day.
The entire point of these machines for me is the grab and go ability compared to the bigger machines and the battery standby is maybe the biggest feature I look for.I like the NC10 mainly because of the battery life and thus the standby life.
I have used MAC’s for years and somehow they are able to get the power management just right for me and they will standby for a week or more from a fully charged battery.
I do not know why but this seems to be an insurmountable hurdle for the PC world?I also have never had mine get hot at all whether in a case or not,I have to think that it was not truly in Standby but that maybe the screen had just turned off?
February 2, 2009 at 1:00 pm #182127roazzMemberSince i started to allways standby, i found that i passed from 3% to 7% of wear
February 2, 2009 at 1:47 pm #182123ArchitraveMember[quote1233582219=Edsta]
… I read somewhere about an NC10 owner who left his Sammy on standby, put it in the OEM carrying case, put it in his backpack, and when he took it out several hours later, the machine was really hot and he couldn’t turn it back on for several hours! …
[/quote1233582219]I suspect that power management was set to go from standby to hibernate after a given time, so it woke the machine up and then Wifi or something prevented it going into hibernate so the machine was on for all that time.
February 2, 2009 at 5:45 pm #182121newstMemberWhen I bought the Samsung I installed a 7200 RPM SATA II HD. I am amazed at how quickly this combination enters and leaves hibernation, literally less than a minute, hardly any wait at all. Since this option both conserves power AND insures the notebook won’t restart on its own I utilize it exclusively. I haven’t booted from startup in over two months.
February 2, 2009 at 7:15 pm #182134ParodyMemberI’ve been mostly using Hibernate, since I’ve only sporadically gotten to use the machine and I want to make sure it’s off.
Why? Well, the backpack thing used to happen to me with my previous laptop; there’s another thread about it somewhere on this site. It happens due to a bug that sometimes stops a laptop from going into standby when you close the lid. When you put a fully-running laptop into your nice, confining backpack, it gets pretty warm.
February 2, 2009 at 10:18 pm #182137nons_MemberI dont get the point of shutdown when hibernate is available. sure, a reboot now and then is probably not a bad thing, but that happens anyways with driver/windows updates on a kinda forced basis
February 3, 2009 at 1:08 am #182131ea66MemberWell I use hibernate mostly, cause I usually have to move from one place to another without any previous warning, so don’t have time to save my work and shut down properly… instead I hibernate. It’s quick and comfortable… at least until windows won’t think otherwise. Usually after 15-20 time strange things begin to happen and I sadly need to reboot.
February 3, 2009 at 9:59 am #182119RsaeireMemberStandby by has always irked me, be it on a desktop or laptop, as I’ve had lots of difficulties in resuming from standby. I would use all the different ways in which to resume and would check online on another computer to check whether there was a manufacturer specific button configuration, yet nothing. It would work every now and then, however, I don’t appreciate “every now and then” when it comes to such situations.
Shutdown for me is ideal, as my NC10 boots in 75 seconds. I know, it’s not quite the 30-45 that users like Freddy experience, but after a reinstall of XP Pro, I lost interest in reaching the Holy Grail of boot times, and enjoy my quick boot and shutdown time.
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