On 11/21/13, 3:30 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 11/21/2013 3:16 PM, F.O.A.D. wrote:


On 11/21/13, 3:07 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:

On 11/21/2013 11:18 AM, Hank© wrote:



Just stopwatched the laptop ...12 seconds from hitting the power on
key
on my laptop until it completes the boot process. And I was wrong...it
does make a call to the server for its backup folder and my documents
folder and my connected SDXC card. It's the SSD drive that makes it
that
fast.


In windows land we call what you described, waking up from sleep mode.


I just timed sleep mode to ready to go (including connecting to router
and Internet) on the Vista laptop. About 3-4 seconds.


I shut my laptop completely off when I am not using it. Desktop after 15
minutes the screen goes black and the hard drive spools down. I believe,
though, the net connection stays active unless I change that setting.



If your computer maintains a connection to the router, it's not
completely shut off.

You are probably familiar with the Windows "sleep" mode, but for
clarification, it's not the "hibernate mode".

In sleep mode, the display is blanked (video circuit shut down), the
audio circuits are shut off, the hard drive is shut down and the
internal WiFi system is turned off. All that remains running are some
of the CPU circuits that draw very little power because nothing is being
processed.

To exit sleep mode any key is depressed (or the display lid is opened,
depending on how you set it up), the disk drive starts spinning, the
video circuits are turned on, audio turned on and the WiFi has to turn
on and sync to the router. On this computer this whole process takes
less than 4 seconds and you're ready to open an application or browser.





I realize that. I leave the desktop on, but have the screen and hard
drive shut down. The connection to the router remains on.

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