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ipad anyone?
Level42:
Well not on my laptop running XP. Maybe things changed with Windows Vista or 7, but I stepped out of the PC world about when Vista appeared. And my boss doesn't want to upgrade (and correct he is, as that would make the ultra-slow hardware on our laptops even slower).
Hybernate/sleep. What's the difference ? I often select "Stand-by" when I shut down my laptop (Because it takes ages to boot). Is that sleep or hybernate ?
On OS X there is just Sleep. (actually in Dutch they use the word slumber, not sure what the English OS X term is).
The funny thing is that I do not know anyone that actually has a netbook.... but I've heard many people around me talk about the iPad already. And no I didn't start about it....
Blanka:
--- Quote from: Samstag on February 04, 2010, 04:54:28 pm ---Are you confusing sleep with hibernate?
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Mac sleep =Windows hibernate (sleep is the english OSX word)
Windows sleep = Mac screensaver
There are little differences though. I think you can put off a Windows machine in hibernate (it moves ram to disk), but you can't shut down a mac in sleep (only thing drawing power is RAM). Energy-wise, sleep is similar to hybernate. Its a very low power mode. On the other hand, a mac boots faster than a windows machine restarting from hibernate, so you can also put shut down against hybernate.
Fun to know: Virtual BOX is faster at making a save state of Windows and restoring it, than both booting/shut down OSX or hybernating Windows. Guess both Apple and MS can learn from that procedure!
protokatie:
--- Quote from: Blanka on February 05, 2010, 02:40:05 am ---
--- Quote from: Samstag on February 04, 2010, 04:54:28 pm ---Are you confusing sleep with hibernate?
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Mac sleep =Windows hibernate (sleep is the english OSX word)
Windows sleep = Mac screensaver
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Oddly enough I caught this thread right after ready about the S0-S4 ACPI stuff (as I am on my brand spanking new netbook and I wanted to refresh my info on it).
As of Vista and beyond:
Mac Sleep = Windows Hybrid Sleep*
Windows Sleep = Whatever S1-S3 that the hardware supports = The Mac doesn't do those low power modes anymore (except S3 which is used in Hybrid Sleep on Windows as well).
* Hybrid sleep (or Mac Sleep) is S3 mode (CPU turned off, Ram refreshed (in a lower power slower mode), all periferals powered off PLUS the RAM is copied to the Hdd ala Hibernate. The copying of RAM the Hdd is ONLY in case you lose power to keep the RAM refreshed, otherwise the system will come out of hybrid sleep/mac sleep using RAM.
as per what I read, MAC OS no longer supports a normal sleep, nor does it support a normal hibernate, only the hybrid of the two (which kinda sucks, as I treat my laptop PC in hibernate as a computer that will hold its battery power if the power goes out while plugged in as it will be off. Also a computer in Hybrid sleep will continue to drain power until it is forced to "hibernate" when the battery gets too low.) IE I prefer a specific hibernate mode myself.
CheffoJeffo:
--- Quote from: Level42 on February 04, 2010, 04:31:17 pm ---What I'd like is f.i. when working on PCB's or machines. Now I usually print out schematics & stuff. But I've only got an A4 printer. It would be great to have the pad near your working place, being able to simply go around on the schematics, zooming in and out quickly etc.
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+1
RayB:
--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on February 05, 2010, 03:48:04 pm ---
--- Quote from: Level42 on February 04, 2010, 04:31:17 pm ---What I'd like is f.i. when working on PCB's or machines. Now I usually print out schematics & stuff. But I've only got an A4 printer. It would be great to have the pad near your working place, being able to simply go around on the schematics, zooming in and out quickly etc.
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+1
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OOOOH! Yes! Seeing as how most schematics online are in PDF. Excellent idea! Last time I wired up a cocktail I had Bob Robert's JAMMA pinout table open for reference on my Ipod Touch.
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