Kurt Ullman wrote:
Just out of curiosity, is there any real functional difference between closing the laptop and putting it to sleep and just letting time pass until it shuts itself down automatically?
On mine, sometimes! I've had some poor experiences with my MBP not going to sleep when I shut the lid, so it's something I now check. If I am moving it about much, as on a trip, I am now likely to shut it down to be safer.
In article IKKdnXn95YlBRnTZnZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d@redacted.invalid, John McWilliams jpmcw@redacted.invalid wrote:
Kurt Ullman wrote:
Just out of curiosity, is there any real functional difference between closing the laptop and putting it to sleep and just letting time pass until it shuts itself down automatically?
On mine, sometimes! I've had some poor experiences with my MBP not going to sleep when I shut the lid, so it's something I now check. If I am moving it about much, as on a trip, I am now likely to shut it down to be safer.
Never sleeping? It can take 30 seconds or so before an MBP to get to sleep after closing the cover-- something to keep in mind if you have a spare battery and want to switch. But I've never had it not sleep when doing this.
Tom Harrington wrote:
In article IKKdnXn95YlBRnTZnZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d@redacted.invalid, John McWilliams jpmcw@redacted.invalid wrote:
Kurt Ullman wrote:
Just out of curiosity, is there any real functional difference between closing the laptop and putting it to sleep and just letting time pass until it shuts itself down automatically? On mine, sometimes! I've had some poor experiences with my MBP not going to sleep when I shut the lid, so it's something I now check. If I am moving it about much, as on a trip, I am now likely to shut it down to be safer.
Never sleeping? It can take 30 seconds or so before an MBP to get to sleep after closing the cover-- something to keep in mind if you have a spare battery and want to switch. But I've never had it not sleep when doing this.
All the more reason I am considering plonking it back in Apple's lap....
I've experienced it apparently going to sleep, yet partially waking inside a backpack, and then locking up entirely.
In article kcydnZEkk5vSb3TZnZ2dnUVZ_tKdnZ2d@redacted.invalid, John McWilliams jpmcw@redacted.invalid wrote:
Tom Harrington wrote:
In article IKKdnXn95YlBRnTZnZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d@redacted.invalid, John McWilliams jpmcw@redacted.invalid wrote:
On mine, sometimes! I've had some poor experiences with my MBP not going to sleep when I shut the lid, so it's something I now check. If I am moving it about much, as on a trip, I am now likely to shut it down to be safer.
Never sleeping? It can take 30 seconds or so before an MBP to get to sleep after closing the cover-- something to keep in mind if you have a spare battery and want to switch. But I've never had it not sleep when doing this.
All the more reason I am considering plonking it back in Apple's lap....
I've experienced it apparently going to sleep, yet partially waking inside a backpack, and then locking up entirely.
What does "partially" waking mean? And if it's inside a backpack, how do you tell?
Tom Harrington wrote:
In article kcydnZEkk5vSb3TZnZ2dnUVZ_tKdnZ2d@redacted.invalid, John McWilliams jpmcw@redacted.invalid wrote:
Tom Harrington wrote:
In article IKKdnXn95YlBRnTZnZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d@redacted.invalid, John McWilliams jpmcw@redacted.invalid wrote:
On mine, sometimes! I've had some poor experiences with my MBP not going to sleep when I shut the lid, so it's something I now check. If I am moving it about much, as on a trip, I am now likely to shut it down to be safer. Never sleeping? It can take 30 seconds or so before an MBP to get to sleep after closing the cover-- something to keep in mind if you have a spare battery and want to switch. But I've never had it not sleep when doing this.
All the more reason I am considering plonking it back in Apple's lap....
I've experienced it apparently going to sleep, yet partially waking inside a backpack, and then locking up entirely.
What does "partially" waking mean? And if it's inside a backpack, how do you tell?
By that I mean it must have been doing the equivalent of sleep walking, with nightmares. Didn't go inside backpack to check, but when I pulled it out it was steaming hot and also unable to be resurrected into a usable state. HDD spinning, no display, no response to anything but several seconds on the power button to force quit it.