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An honest question... How many people go days without using their computer these days? I'm one who never turns my MBP off. There are a few times I can think o

by brk 16y ago

An honest question... How many people go days without using their computer these days? I'm one who never turns my MBP off. There are a few times I can think of when it hasn't been used at least once/day, even on vacation. It seems like if you are the kind of person who needs/appreciates instant on, it's because you make regular use of your machine. This would seem to counter the need to have it sleep for a month. If you can go that long between regular uses, you can probably wait an extra 3 minutes for bootup.

nuclear_eclipse 16y ago
My laptop isn't my main computer, so there are quite a few times where I would leave it in standby/sleep mode for even a week at a time before I notice it blinking it's orange LED to remind me to plug it back in...
dagw 16y ago
An 11" Air would not be my main computer, and as such I wouldn't necessarily be using it every day. I can easily see it sitting unused for days at a time while I use some of my other computers. But when I do want it I'll still really appreciate having it not being dead because it sat in my briefcase for a week.
mechanical_fish 16y ago
If you're not a professional coder or writer -- or if you use a different, "work" computer for that -- and/or you've got an iPad and an iPhone, going for days without using your machine is not a farfetched scenario. But, beyond that: I might use my computer every few days and yet not want to have to plug it in every few days.
Timothee 16y ago
I would think that the point is that it's virtually losing no battery time while in sleep mode. So, if you have 5 hours of battery life fully charged when you leave the house, that really means 5 hours of the computer on, even if you use it 2 hours in the morning, let it sleep the whole day, and use it 3 hours at night. I also never turn my MacBook off, and can use it during my commute both ways without having to charge it at work. But I'm pretty sure that tonight it will have visibly less capacity than when I finished this morning. Sometimes, it also dies while sleeping. It sound that it wouldn't happen as much with the Air. Overall, I already feel that my MacBook is instant-on; this is icing on the cake.
petercooper 16y ago
We've accidentally killed two MacBook batteries after going on vacation for a week. We now make sure to shut machines down before going, but it can be a bit of an expensive mistake if you just close the lid in the usual way.
philwelch 16y ago
So don't think of it as 30 days of standby sleep mode. Think of it as infinite standby sleep mode. After all, if you never use anywhere near 30 days of standby there's no practical difference to you.

by brk 16y ago

nuclear_eclipse 16y ago

My laptop isn't my main computer, so there are quite a few times where I would leave it in standby/sleep mode for even a week at a time before I notice it blinking it's orange LED to remind me to plug it back in...

dagw 16y ago

An 11" Air would not be my main computer, and as such I wouldn't necessarily be using it every day. I can easily see it sitting unused for days at a time while I use some of my other computers. But when I do want it I'll still really appreciate having it not being dead because it sat in my briefcase for a week.

mechanical_fish 16y ago

If you're not a professional coder or writer -- or if you use a different, "work" computer for that -- and/or you've got an iPad and an iPhone, going for days without using your machine is not a farfetched scenario. But, beyond that: I might use my computer every few days and yet not want to have to plug it in every few days.

Timothee 16y ago

I would think that the point is that it's virtually losing no battery time while in sleep mode. So, if you have 5 hours of battery life fully charged when you leave the house, that really means 5 hours of the computer on, even if you use it 2 hours in the morning, let it sleep the whole day, and use it 3 hours at night. I also never turn my MacBook off, and can use it during my commute both ways without having to charge it at work. But I'm pretty sure that tonight it will have visibly less capacity than when I finished this morning. Sometimes, it also dies while sleeping. It sound that it wouldn't happen as much with the Air. Overall, I already feel that my MacBook is instant-on; this is icing on the cake.

petercooper 16y ago

We've accidentally killed two MacBook batteries after going on vacation for a week. We now make sure to shut machines down before going, but it can be a bit of an expensive mistake if you just close the lid in the usual way.

philwelch 16y ago

So don't think of it as 30 days of standby sleep mode. Think of it as infinite standby sleep mode. After all, if you never use anywhere near 30 days of standby there's no practical difference to you.