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The point is power consumption. If a machine is instant on/off, then there's no reason to ever revert to sleep, which still drains battery. The only reason we
by megaduck 17y ago
The point is power consumption. If a machine is instant on/off, then there's no reason to ever revert to sleep, which still drains battery.
The only reason we have stepped power consumption modes is because moving from full off to full on is such a pain in the ass.
- gamble 17y agoThe solution is to improve sleep mode, not make it faster to boot up. We're past the point now when anyone should turn their computer off in daily use, any more than they manually power down their cell phone or MP3 player.