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That's actually pretty slick. Not sure if other operating systems do something similar already. I know my Macs "sleep" rather than hibernate and are nearly read
by gks 15y ago
That's actually pretty slick. Not sure if other operating systems do something similar already. I know my Macs "sleep" rather than hibernate and are nearly ready immediately upon hitting the power button or flipping the lid open. While that isn't the same as what Microsoft is doing here it is a pretty clever way to achieve faster boot times.
Microsoft does have some intelligent people working there. It's such a bummer it can't get some real work done outside of Office and Windows. I'd say their games unit is pretty solid too but everything else seems to be a real hit or miss scenario.
Neat reading these things though.
- dangrossman 15y agoWindows sleeps too, ya know, just the same. Waking is near instant, all you're doing is turning hardware devices back on.
- RyanKearney 15y agoExcept you can bet on getting about 24 hours of sleep time on a Windows machine (my HP laptop lasted a little over 24 hours on a full charge) compared to the ~4 weeks of standby you get on a MacBook.
- ak217 15y agoThis is completely dependent on the hardware and how well the OEM (in your case, Apple) optimized it. My Thinkpad used to get 2 weeks on standby (nowadays it just wakes up and hibernates after a while).
- tbob22 15y agoMy Vaio Z got about a week of standby on a battery with about 30% charge left. I guess it really depends on the machine.
- polshaw 15y agoAs others have noted this is perhaps more a hardware issue than software, but it does highlight the real advantage at the core of apple's business; a tight synergy of hardware and software. Seen elsewhere with improved battery life of the iPhone vs android phones, for example.
- lloeki 15y ago> I know my Macs "sleep" rather than hibernate More precisely they do both. Close the lid and they save RAM to disk, then sleep. Open the lid and they resume instantly from sleep and discard the hibernation content, but wait long enough to drain the battery (or pop off the battery e.g for a swap on older Macs) and they will resume from disk. IIRC Win 7 knows how to do that, though it might not be default.
- Mavrik 15y agoIt is the default on battery powered systems. The system goes to hibernation if sleeping for several hours or if battery level is low.
- lloeki 15y agoI wonder why not on desktops? My work transparently survived a nightly power outage on my sleeping iMac.
- pointyhat 15y agoMy Acer TimelineX does that as well. I think all laptops with Windows 7 do it by default.
- vital101 15y agoTo be fair, the people working on the Windows Phone 7 OS seem to be competent as well. (Although you may have lumped those people in the Windows category)
- gks 15y agoOh sorry, I didn't even really consider that part of the deal. Call it a habit I guess for being so unhappy with their mobile division. That said, Windows Phone 7 is much more interesting to me than Android. Honestly, if I had the choice between Android and a WP7 device, I'd pick the WP7 device. I am a Mac guy so it makes the most sense to be on the iPhone. But if things change I am quite glad that Microsoft rethought their mobile strategy. My only hope is that they don't get bypassed by other consumers so much that they can't maintain keeping the OS moving forward. I truly honestly believe that WP7 is a better choice than Android in the long run. From what I've seen it is a really interesting experience. I've seen enough videos to see how it functions from a user standpoint and I have to say it is a really unique way of thinking things. I see features on it that I wish the iPhone had. So while I dismissed the mobile unit from my original comment, I should ammend it to state that I really do like the way the mobile unit in Microsoft is going.