XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.comp.microsoft.windows   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   Steve Hayes  wrote:   
   [...]   
   > I shut down my desktop and laptop at least once a day, when I go to   
   > bed at night, and I switch them off at the wall plug, mainly to keep   
   > my electricity bill down. Even when the machines themselves are not   
   > running, the transformers consume electricity if not switched off or   
   > unplugged.   
      
     If the system sleeps, it should use very little power, only for   
   maintaining the content of RAM.   
      
     If the system is hibernated, it uses even less or no power. Paul can   
   probably tell for a desktop which part(s), if any, still use power. The   
   laptop does not use any power, which you can prove by taking out the   
   battery (if that can be (somewhat easily) removed. After re-inserting   
   the battery (after a couple of hours) and shorthy pressing the power   
   button, the laptop will resume where you left off.   
      
   > My desktop computer has a couple of hard disks, and I have a funny   
   > feeling that if I leave it running all the time, even when I'm not   
   > using it, the bearings will wear out faster.   
      
     Both with sleep and hibernate the disks should stop.   
      
     For details, see the settings in the Power Options applet (Control   
   Panel -> Power Options -> Change plan settings -> Change advanced power   
   settings).   
      
     Bottom line: Do as you please, but don't do things a certain way for   
   the wrong reasons, i.e. in this case (no) electicity use and (no) disk   
   wear.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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