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  2. To shut down, or not to shut down? That really is the question

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    Obviously, the state that uses the least amount of power is a full shutdown, followed closely by “hibernate”—and trailed significantly by “sleep,” which uses the most power.

  3. Save All Around by Powering Your Computer Down -- Savings ...

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    The sleep mode on your computer is designed to keep the machine on while drawing a small amount of. ... be mindful of letting it sleep for too long and power down instead. Otherwise, the low-cost ...

  4. Hibernation (computing) - Wikipedia

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    Windows Vista introduced a hybrid sleep feature, which saves the contents of memory to hard disk but instead of powering down, enters sleep mode. If the power is lost, the computer can resume as if hibernated. Windows 7 introduced compression to the hibernation file and set the default size to 75% of the total physical memory. [18]

  5. Sleep mode - Wikipedia

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    Sleep mode (or suspend to RAM) is a low power mode for electronic devices such as computers, televisions, and remote controlled devices. These modes save significantly on electrical consumption compared to leaving a device fully on and, upon resume, allow the user to avoid having to reissue instructions or to wait for a machine to boot .

  6. Shutdown (computing) - Wikipedia

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    Turns off the computer. -r: Shuts down and reboots a computer. -m[\\ Computer Name] When shutting down a network computer, allows user to choose which computer to turn off. -t xx Timer before shut down occurs. By default it is set to 30 seconds. -c "message" Allows a message to be shown in the System Shutdown window. It can not be more than 127 ...

  7. Suspend and resume - Wikipedia

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    Hibernation (computing) or Suspend to disk, powering down a computer while retaining its state by saving the contents of its random access memory to a hard disk or other non-volatile storage so that it can be restored when the computer is turned on; Sleep mode or Suspend to RAM, a low power mode for electronic devices such as computers ...

  8. To shut down, or not to shut down? That really is the question

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    Is it best to power off, hibernate or just close the laptop and forget about it? Here's your once-and-for-all answer.

  9. Should you shut down your computer every night? - AOL

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    Is it best to power off, hibernate or just close the laptop and forget about it? Here's your once-and-for-all answer.