Shutdown Vs. Hibernation

Are there any cons to using Hibernation over Shutdown besides losing 1.43 Gbs of space ?

I NEVER shutdown my laptop (HP Pavilion DV6113us- Vista). I always put it in Hibernate cuz I don't like to wait for it to boot up every time.

 

This has been my experience.

when you put your computer to sleep, or hibernate, you are simply saving the state of the computer and restoring it on demand. All open applications in memory will be temporarily suspended, and then re-animated when you start up again. The problem with this is, certain applications have memory leaks. I have found this with firefox and a lot of java applications i use. Usually these leaks are very small, such that you would not notice over 15 hours. Over time these leaks grow and they begin to hinder performance.

In closing..i always shutdown at the end of the day.

Why dont you consider booting up your pc while youre doing another task. Often times ill get home from work and boot up my pc first. this way, my desktop awaits me by the time ive completed all my trivial tasks.

 

I have notice response issues when i put my laptop into sleep, and sometimes hibernate; my laptop will lock up, or run slow, though i cant seem to find why. However it always seems fine after a restart. So I personally shutdown my laptop if im not using it or know i wont need it.

 

That is one of the reasons I switched to OS X. As Windows has to support so many different hardware configurations, there is a much greater chance of Hibernation/Standby crashing on wake up. As a result, I would recommend not relying on Hibernation/Standby too much on a Microsoft Windows machine, as there is a chance you might lose all your session data. Get in the habit of shutting your system down on a daily basis. It will probably save you some frustration.

PS. I shut down my Macbook once every few weeks. No problems, as Apple only has to support about a dozen very similar hardware configurations in their OS.

 

I've always found hibernation to be pretty robust (aside from such bugs as XP + >1GB - now fixed) while sleep gives more problems. I normally use hibernation so it's easy to restart wherever I left off (and faster than a cold start) and restart about once a week or when software updates insist.

John

 

A number of people have reported issues with various models of Macs having issues with waking from sleep over the years. While I never experienced them on my Powerbook G4, I saw others who experienced it on iBooks, and have had a friend occasionally experience it on a Macbook Pro. As a result, I believe it can be an issue regardless of platform.

I generally hibernate my laptop during the day if I'm interrrupted doing something and know I'll be coming back to it. But when I'm done for the evening, I shut down completely. I don't keep Hibernate sessions running for long periods of time; while I've had no issues, I recognize that like most technologies, it is not a perfect one.

Btw, to FusiveResonance: You may wish to try Firefox 3 beta 4. I was a bit leery of the idea myself, but when I had issues with 2.0.0.12 on my laptop, I decided I might as well do some testing. FF3 has a memory footprint half the size of FF2 or less. It's been perfectly stable for me so far, and loads pages quicker than FF2 did as well. It's fairly polished, and I can't wait to see the final release, being so impressed with the beta.

 

I always Shut Down my PC( it only takes me 6-9 fullbars to boot and 5 seconds startup time)

 

This has been my experience as well.

 

To the OP, how long does it take you computer to boot? Like someone already said, if it takes that long, maybe you should boot it before going to the bathroom or kitchen or something like that. It should at least make it to the log-in screen by the time you make it back. Anyway, I usually shut down any laptop that is not in use. My desktop used to stay on all day, until I realized that I could save about $15/month on my electric bill by shutting it down at night and when I'm at school or work.

 

I always shut down my notebook when it's not in use. It only takes 10 seconds to boot into Windows.

 

I usually let my laptop make use of standby and hibernation unless i know i wont use it for a prolonged time.If i leave it on over time i usually do a full reboot around every week.Never seen any bad effects or much slowdown.

 

(My laptop was recently stolen so I'll be talking in past-tense)

But yeah, back when I had it it would take around a 45-seconds to boot up to the Account screen and then around 30 seconds max to boot up to the desktop after putting in my password. Then again, I was running on Vista with an AMD Turion 64 X2 1.67Ghz processor (1Mb Cache) + 1.5Gb of ram and I'd always wait until I heard the hard drive stop before I pressed anything lol

I'm planning on upgrading to the HP Pavilion DV2700Tse or the DV3000 this Summer with a Intel 2.1Ghz 3mb Cache + 2Gb of ram. So I should definitely see some improvement in startup time.

So when I get my new HP, I guess i'll hibernate it throughout the day between classes and then a shutdown before I go to sleep.

Thanks for the help~

 

Over the day, I put my tablet and PC to sleep mode, over the night I put it to hibernate mode. I only reboot the system if I'm forced to (software/driver update).
I use sleep because it's so fast (2-3 seconds) and I use hibernate because it doesn't consume power. I use both, because I don't have to close all my programs. I can continue working where I left my machines.

Normally there shouldn't be any problems. If you have a good computer, everything should work fine, if you have problems with sleep mode (freeze/slow/...) then it's often bad chosen computer parts.
But if you use a computer with balanced computer parts, you shouldn't have any problems.

The only downside is, that Windows saves some information (e.g. desktop icon places) only if you shutdown your machine. So it isn't a bad idea to shut down your machine maybe once in a week or so.

 

I put my computer in hibernate every time I leave it, and shut it down at the end of the day. I haven't noticed any issues restoring from hibernation so far.

 

The 2GBs of RAM should help you a lot. Also, you may want to get a faster HDD, assuming you get the standard 5400rpm HDD with your order. Other than that, both sleep and hibernate have been very temperamental, in my opinion. That is why I generally stay away from both. I don't currently own a laptop, but I use my roommates laptop all day (more than she does). Whenever we're not using it for a long time, I advise her to turn it off. My desktop stays on if I'm going to be home all day, but it is off when I know I won't be. As I stated earlier, it has saved me so much on energy costs (I actually tracked it and know that my lower bill is from turning off my computer when I'm not home).