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    Just wondering

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by 1Coopgt, Jul 23, 2010.

  1. 1Coopgt

    1Coopgt Notebook Consultant

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    I was just wondering how often people totally shut down there laptops ? Most of the time I just close the lid and put it to sleep .

    May be a really dumb question. but what the hell .
     
    1Coopgt, Jul 23, 2010
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  2. Going Viral

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    I am one to just shut the lid and let it sleep.

    I do not plan on changing this habit when my R2 arrives.
     
    Going Viral, Jul 23, 2010
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    I just shut down mine all the time.
    Start up and shut down time are real fast.
     
    Noah14, Jul 23, 2010
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    I close the lid mostly and not even sleep it. Sometimes I don't do anything.
     
    easy2cy, Jul 23, 2010
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    Not very often, many times I dont even shut it down because I leave it downloading overnight :)

    I do restart it every week or so for updates and patches, I admit windows 7 is pretty stable
     
    hikarate, Jul 24, 2010
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    I do this. I'm not keen on leaving mine on all the time, I want to prolong the life of mine for as long as possible
     
    JakeL645, Jul 24, 2010
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    Since I switched to an SSD I changed the settings to just shut her down when I close the lid.

    Boot time is about the same as waking up from sleep now.

    One thing I have never understood is why Apple has immediate resume figured out but they stand alone with it?
    It may be my favorite Mac feature.
     
    avservice, Jul 24, 2010
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    i just leave it on, only time i turn it off is when im traveling =]
     
    MikeeDinh, Jul 24, 2010
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    I shut down both my M17x and my M11x. To prolong the life of the computer, you need to shut it down. I have a garbage Lenova Thinkpad that work gave me (engineering) and when it sleeps, it doesn't like to wake up (similar to my 14 yr old son, lol). I won't risk that with my Alienwares.
     
    tldoney, Jul 24, 2010
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    Laughed out loud and woke up my girl. haha no kids but am still young enough to hate waking up!!!
     
    josh roberts, Jul 24, 2010
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    heh i set mine to hibernate , i just hit the lil alienhead and put it into hibernation. Windows 7 is pretty fast at waking up.
     
    dumpsterj, Jul 24, 2010
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