[CS-FSLUG] fyi, migration the other way, linux=>windows

[David McGlone]

On Sunday 14 December 2008 8:48:31 am Jon Glass wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 2:33 PM, David McGlone <d.mcglone at att.net> wrote:
> > Jon, I'm curious, is this of personal preference or is it bad in some way
> > for the computer? The only computer I shutdown around here is my laptop,
> > because it's not used very often, and I hate paying an electric bill. LOL
>
> Waste of time. I am driving to church, or somewhere. Why shut down my
> laptop? I just close the lid, and it goes to sleep. When I get there,
> I open it, and in a few seconds, I'm working again. No need to shut
> down. I'm not talking about desktops, but laptops. So, imagine, you
> are traveling from church to church, using your laptop to present your
> ministry. Imagine having to boot your computer all the time from
> scratch. Total waste of time, IMO. That's what I'm talking about. Now,
> I never shut down, but all my friends using Windows do. They never put
> their laptops to sleep to travel with them. Oh, and I forgot. In our
> local mall, here in Krakow, there is free wifi in the food court. I've
> noticed on the few occasions I've been there, that the Windows users
> tend to open their Windows laptops, and boot them. The few Macs I've
> seen, when opened, simply woke from sleep. It's frequent enough for me
> to notice it. ;-)
>
> The only conclusion I can draw is that Windows laptops are not
> reliable with sleep or hibernation. And surely, Linux can't be worse!

I see. 

I was wondering whether constantly shutting down and booting would be harder 
on the computer or not.
-- 
David M.
http://www.dmcentral.net