[Partisan01]

Hi,

I'm wondering if it's better to put my ibook to sleep, or shut it down to put it in my computer bag. The computer bag is built for a 12in notebook, so it's not going to be sliding around at all. Just wondering what people thought, thanks.

[spiky_dog]

if the travel is short enough such that the battery will not go dead i see no reason to not use sleep.

[pat++]

I never ever use shutdown... Always sleep.

[audvidsvs]

I travel with my 12" PB sleeping all the time. I never turn it off unless it locks up or I have to restart for some other reason.

I just got back from a 2 week trip and pulled it out of the bag 10-15 times a day and never had to worry about it.
I do make sure it is charged before I start out and then I just don't think about it.

When I drive it is for 17 hours straight and there is no problem.

[Randman]

Travelling on the road isn't a problem. Make sure you have a good case for it so it doesn't get rattled, or accidently bump into something, marring the finish.

If travelling on an airline, you're better off restarting it once you get the green light in-flight.

[audvidsvs]

"If travelling on an airline, you're better off restarting it once you get the green light in-flight."

Please explain this Randman.
Why the difference when flying?
Also since we have to show the computer powered up and working as a computer to even get on the plane thru security,why would it be powered down here.
I would think just the opposite would apply if there was ever a reason to power down which I don't think there is.

[ghporter]

Partisan, you've asked the equivalent of a religious question. I personally like to turn off any computer when it's not in use, such as for travel. For AIR travel, you'll have to demonstrate that the thing really is a computer, and not a fancy case for a bomb; be prepared to turn it completely off and then turn it back on to show the security person. Note: TSA PERSONNEL HAVE NO REQUIREMENT TO KNOW BEANS ABOUT MACS. Be patient and explain what you're doing when you go through security.

Functionally, since the iBook drive will park its heads when asleep, there's no danger to the machine in moving it while it's asleep. But DO use a properly padded case and make sure it doesn't get bounced around in a car trunk.

[Randman]

International travel, which I do more of these days, is what I meant.

[Partisan01]

Originally posted by GHPorter:
Partisan, you've asked the equivalent of a religious question. ...
Functionally, since the iBook drive will park its heads when asleep, there's no danger to the machine in moving it while it's asleep. But DO use a properly padded case and make sure it doesn't get bounced around in a car trunk.

Thanks, I like putting it to sleep because I can open it up and start working right away. I was worried that sleeping kept the hard drive in a vulnerable state, since it's parked I won't worry about it. I do have a nice case that keeps it secure for car travel. Thanks for the answers.

[macaddict0001]

sleep unless its going to be more than a day. even though the battery will last from two to six days depending on the amount of ram installed.

[Ji Eun]

always sleep. i only restart when things get buggy or after a big app install or update.
a couple of times when traveling it got knocked around enough so that when i opened the lid from sleep the thing had reset as if shut down. (not a battery issue.) just be somewhat gentle with the thing, which is how you'd be anyway probably.

[ghporter]

I guess all that PC experience from work has warped me, but I really don't see the start up time for a modern iBook as all that measureable! When a brand new, 3GHz Pentium 4 computer with 1GB of RAM and a 10,000RPM SATA drive takes two and a half minutes to boot to where I can log in, and it takes about 30 seconds for my iBook to do the same, I just don't see that tiny delay as a problem. So I turn it off when I'm not coming right back to it. Old habit, I guess.

(If that came across as "you should count your blessings," that's fine.)