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I don't dual-boot, and boot-up time is still important to me. I don't want to leave my PC running when I'm not using it, but I do want it to be available as fas
by RyanMcGreal 17y ago
I don't dual-boot, and boot-up time is still important to me. I don't want to leave my PC running when I'm not using it, but I do want it to be available as fast as possible when I turn it on.
- ugh 17y agoWhy don’t you want to leave your PC running? My sleeping MBP needs one Watt. That’s what, maybe the equivalent to one hot bath for a year worth of leaving your computer running? I can live with that. Being able to always pull that laptop out and have it running within two seconds is just damn cool. Bootup time still matters, waiting forever until the system reboots after you installed that security update is still annoying. But it arguably matters less.
- billybob 17y agoI have a desktop and don't want to leave it running all the time. Besides the power, the fact that the fan is running means that friction is slowly killing my moving parts. What's the point? I'll turn it on when I want to use it.
- ugh 17y agoHm, my MBP pretty much shuts down completely when sleeping. No running fans. If the fans kept on spinning I would probably turn off my computer, too.
- sid0 17y agoYou need sleep or hibernate. It'll be faster than any sort of bootup. My laptop wakes up from sleep in less than a second.