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> 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 i
by 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.