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    Does sleep mode work well in W7 on Macbook Pro?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by joer80, Oct 31, 2011.

  1. joer80

    joer80 Notebook Evangelist

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    Does putting your laptop into sleep mode work well in Windows 7 (bootcamp) on a Macbook Pro?

    Or would I need to power down and boot into windows 7 every time I want to use it?

    Thanks!
     
    joer80, Oct 31, 2011
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    xfiregrunt Notebook Evangelist

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    You can sleep just fine in W7, its like a real W7 install.
     
    xfiregrunt, Nov 1, 2011
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    That might be why he asked. For me, including W7, Windows historically has never been great at sleep. The system becomes unstable after a short time and a restart is generally required. We have 4 W7 machines at our office and all of them have trouble with sleep. Our OS X machines sleep flawlessly.
     
    HLdan, Nov 1, 2011
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  4. joer80

    joer80 Notebook Evangelist

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    That is nice to know..

    I knew some features might not work under windows 7, like switchable graphics, but I just wanted to make sure sleep mode works good before I get one. I will need to use it a lot and I can not afford an SSD right now, so it is pretty important to me..

    I have had problems out of my pc laptops before with sleep also.. Luckly, mine eventually got fixed after some unknown combination of windows and driver updates.

    Thanks!
     
    joer80, Nov 1, 2011
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    exastify Notebook Enthusiast

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    Sleep in win 7 seems to work fine on my MBA. Been sleeping it at least twice a day for a month without ever restarting.
     
    exastify, Nov 1, 2011
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