sleep modes for notebook

[mooky]

I'm getting anew notebook with Vista premium and have been reading
online about the new sleep modes. I don't fully understand them.
Hybrid sleep is sleep and hibernate combined?? full sleep...?? not
sure which to use when I am not using my notebook. Also, I'm gonna
keep it plugged in unless I travel and need to use the battery. Until
I get my new desktop to replace my old p3 xp machine, I'm gonna be
using the notebook mostly. Thanks in advance for the help.

 

[Charles W Davis]

mooky,

Windows Vista Ultimate help returned this:
What happened to standby and hibernate?
In earlier versions of Windows, standby saves your work to memory and puts
your mobile PC into a power-saving state. Hibernate also puts your mobile PC
into a power-saving state but saves your work to your hard disk so that you
can safely turn off your mobile PC. This version of Windows combines standby
and hibernate into a single power-saving state called sleep.

Note
Hibernate is still available as an advanced power setting. For more
information, see Change power management settings.

Putting your mobile PC to sleep offers the following advantages over
shutting it down:

All of your work, including information about the programs that you were
using, such as window location and size, is automatically saved to your hard
disk.

When your mobile PC wakes, Windows restores your previous work session
within seconds. You don't need to restart your mobile PC, and then open the
files that you were working on.

Sleep is typically the best power-saving state to leave your mobile PC in
when you're not using it. Shut down your mobile PC or put it into
hibernation only when you must turn off the power (for example, when you
want to add memory or you don't plan to use the computer for several days).

To put your mobile PC to sleep, click the Power button on the Start menu. To
wake your mobile PC, press the hardware power button.