Yes, thanks for all of the info from all of those who answered this. I have read two responses so far. ----- Original Message ----- From: Daleen Spalletta To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2010 3:17 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] What is hibernate and standby?
Thanks for this very understandable description. Now I also might get it write. Daleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scorpio Forever" <scorpio...@gmail.com> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2010 5:43 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] What is hibernate and standby? > Hi Matt, > > Stand-by and Hibernate are two slightly different computer states. > > The Stand-by state will keep the computer at bare minimum power, enough to > keep your programs running in the background, yet put the computer to > sleep, > which just happens to be another term for the computer's stand-by state. > > When you put your computer to sleep, it's like a college kid doing his > term > paper, then falling asleep at his desk. His head just plops down on his > desk, and onto his books. > > When he wakes up, just like a computer, with a simple poke of your finger, > he wakes up, and he's able to resume where he left off in his term paper, > and, as odd as it is, just like a college kid who wakes up from his sleep > state to find his books soaked through with globs of drool, in some cases, > the computer will do the same, as in some instances, Jaws has a poor > reaction to the stand-by state after a while, particularly if you put the > computer in stand-by for too long, you'll find that the computer will > start > to lag, and/or Jaws will start to behave strangely. > > Some have reported that this issue has been fixed, but I'm just going by > what others have told me. > > Now, in the case of hibernation mode or state, you are essentially > shutting > the computer down, but placing a bookmark on where you were with your > work. > The computer literally shuts down, notes what the computer was doing at > the > time, it's condition, open programs and the like, writing all this > information onto the RAM memory and powers down, so that when you come > back > to the computer, it will start up, and you'll find your work is still out > waiting for you. > > Keep in mind though that this state used to be known to have accessibility > issues, on pretty much all screen readers, and even some magnification > utilities. > > Now, the important thing here is that in stand-by mode, you cannot unplug > the computer and carry it around with you, as in the case of a laptop, > where > you might want to place it in stand-by to go do something else, then come > back to it, after you've been invited to a study party at a friend's > house. > The minute the computer loses power, the stand-by state is terminated, and > all the data you were working on will be lost. > > Not to mention, you will be doing some irrevocable damage to your hard > drive > by shutting down the computer improperly, like power outages do. > > This is not the case in hibernation mode, as you can unplug your laptop > and > carry it around with you without fear that you'll be damaging the hard > drive, as it will essentially shut itself down just have a bit of battery > back-up available to restore the computer to it's pre-hibernation state. > > You get the best of both worlds here, especially with the portability > factor, because the low battery alarm sounds while it's in hibernation > mode, > so you know when to plug it in to make sure you don't lose any work. > > The other benefit is that if the computer loses power for any reason, your > hard drive is parked, and therefore any bumps will not damage it, which is > not the case if you place your computer in stand-by mode. > > I personally have never had any issues using stand-by or hibernation mode, > although I do remember having issues back when I was using Jaws 4.51, but > that was a long time ago, and Jaws has evolved since then. > > In any case, I didn't want you to go off with wrong information, then > possibly doing serious damage to your computer, laptop or otherwise. > > Scorpio > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
