Re: Sleep mode dangers?

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From: Ben Lovejoy
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 1998 00:00

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gordon@glaurie.demon.co.uk (Gordon Laurie) wrote:

>>Assuming that a PowerBook is used daily, so the battery won't run flat, are
>>there any dangers in never shutting it down, but merely closing the lid to
>>put it into sleep mode?
>>
>>Ben, the man too impatient to wait for his machine to start-up :-)

>My Duo 230 went for 6 weeks without being restarted or shutdown once. I
>assume it didn't do any harm since I still use it every day. 

That's the answer I was hoping to hear. :-)

Ben

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