Electric costs are on the rise; this is particularly so now that we have too many gadgets to charge!
Which brings us to that happy question: once you’re done with your notebook, do you put it on standbyp, allow it to hibernate or do you merely turn it off?

The fellows at PCWorld say that hibernation is best. Standby mode drops the PC into a suspended mode but it consumes power. The only benefit to standby is that it resumes operations in seconds, unlike when you reboot- that takes minutes. Hibernate, on the other hand, writes your machine’s current state to a temporary hard-drive file, then powers down completely. In other words, it acts like it shut off. When you activate the notebook, the system loads that file and returns you to where you left off. There’s no need to go through the reboot process.

The hibernate process often consumes a tad more time than standby. Expect an additional ten seconds. It’s also more stable than standby which refuse to rouse properly. I’ve seen machines that lost sound control or wifi when returning from standby. With Hibernate, there’ no problem whatsoever.

Credo: I recommend activating hibernate when you plan to take a break. This mode saves the most power and prevents you from going through a lengthy booting process . By the way, did you know that you can change the function of your laptop’s power button so that poking it automatically activates hibernation.

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