Hibernate is a tricky term that doesn't mean the same thing to all people. The working definition I use is all state is dumped from memory to disk and then retr

Hibernate is a tricky term that doesn't mean the same thing to all people. The working definition I use is all state is dumped from memory to disk and then retrieved upon startup. Sadly Hibernate is very complicated and has largely been deprecated from both Windows and Linux in favor of Sleep. Since Hibernate is gone, let's take it off the list. Sleep (S3) has been largely removed from these laptops in favor of a "low power mode" that emulates but does not actually sleep the device. This is why it was previously very safe to keep your laptop in sleep or hibernate mode in a bag, but now isn't- not because user behavior has changed, or that software has changed, but because Dell's hardware has. A shutdown and startup incur significant setup times, not just for the computer but mental workflow- remembering to open your applications back to where you left them, etc. In the past (5 years ago) it was normal to expect a laptop to go to sleep when the lid closed and then wake itself back up. If Dell is telling people not to expect to be able to simply sleep their laptop by closing it and then putting it in a bag, then they're not expecting people to treat the laptop as a laptop. Back in the 80s, we called such computers "Luggables". A $2,000 laptop in 2021 should not be assumed to be a glorified luggable, it should be a laptop with the same functionality as laptops had in 2010.