standby vs. shutdown

[MZB]

I have a Dell Inspiron 2200 with XP Home.

I use it quite a bit (6-10 hours per day).

At times I am not using it for say 20 minutes to 3 hours.

I usually shut it down. If I am only going to be away for say 15 minutes or
so, I use standby.

Is there any rule of thumb as to which mode to use (standby versus
shutdown)?? I'm not worried about anyone else using my machine and generally
all files are saved before I leave the computer.

So it may come down to saving battery power versus increased wear and tear
for shutdown (and I'm not sure if there is a lot of wear and tear booting my
laptop -- is it the same as a desktop in terms of wear and tear and is it
significant)?

Mel

 

[Guest]

Contact Dell tech support for standards and recommendations on their
Inspiron laptops.

 

[Guest]

I would stay with what you are doing as far as standby, but you may want to
use hibernate instead of shutdown, you will have a much faster startup
because all items in RAM are stored on harddrive to speed up the process.