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I believe it came about during the "Windows must run on tablets" era. They needed a way for WiFi to stay on during sleep so things like notifications would cont
by pxeboot 2y ago
I believe it came about during the "Windows must run on tablets" era. They needed a way for WiFi to stay on during sleep so things like notifications would continue to work. It also enabled media players to continue playing audio in sleep mode, similar to iOS and Android.
- dbtc 2y agoWould be great to have a bios switch for it then.
- treffer 2y agoI tried a few times as some BIOS have a hidden or disabled setting but I never got past a plain crash. Device and CPU vendor support for classic S3 is shrinking. E.g. on framework laptops the Intel CPU(!) does not officially support S3 sleep. So I can understand that there is no option for it if all you can get is out of spec behavior and crashes. Also note that it is incompatible with some secure boot and system integrity settings.
- gertop 2y agoThinkpads do. It's poorly named but they let you choose Windows (S0x) or Linux (S3) sleep.
- 4ad 2y agoNo, not on modern Thinkpads.
- 0x457 2y agoEvery XPS and Thinkpad that I owned, had a bios setting to "enable linux compatibility" which was enabling S3 state.
- vladvasiliu 2y ago> It also enabled media players to continue playing audio in sleep mode Is that actually a thing? On my Windows machine media stops playing when I put it to sleep. The machine is clearly not completely off, though, judging by the fan spinning like crazy from time to time. Also, the whole "keep checking for e-mails" and whatever is clearly broken, since after waking up Outlook needs a while to come back to life and show new messages.