Re: "Putting Down" My Laptop

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"thunderstruck_302" wrote:

| I posted this already but didn't get much of a reply, probably because the
| title wasnt that catchy. The only reply I got helped me realize that people
| might have misunderstood me. I dont want to use my laptop as little, I just
| want to know what the best option is for turning off my laptop. Im not
| familiar with exactly what my computer uses while in hibernation... Does it
| use battery power if I don't have it plugged in?
| I have heard that shutting off a computer and turning it on again repeatadly
| (4-6 times a day) is not good for the life of the computer. Will putting the
| laptop in hibernate do the same thing or does it have an advantage in that
| way? Is it still as harmful as turning it on and off repeatedly?
|
| thanks in advance.

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