"Somedude" <lovelyd...@mailmetrash.com> wrote in message news:jbbkss$22n$1...@digitalmars.com... > Le 02/12/2011 23:44, Nick Sabalausky a écrit : >> "Somedude" <lovelyd...@mailmetrash.com> wrote in message >> news:jbbk0c$2ug3$1...@digitalmars.com... >>> Le 02/12/2011 23:27, Timon Gehr a écrit : >>>> On 12/02/2011 10:50 PM, Somedude wrote: >>>>> Le 02/12/2011 22:44, Timon Gehr a écrit : >>>>>> It feels like 5 minutes if you are accustomed to open the text editor >>>>>> and start working. >>>>>> >>>>>> But I am sure there is something to IDE's, as many programmers seem >>>>>> to >>>>>> like them. >>>>> >>>>> The thing is, when you work in Java, you need 2Gb of RAM to be >>>>> comfortable. Then you simply never close your IDE, so that's really >>>>> not >>>>> an issue at all (we don't turn off the PC at work). >>>> >>>> So you waste even more energy? How is that not an issue? >>> >>> Even with a simple text editor, I wouldn't turn it off, because I don't >>> feel like having to reopen every single window that was open the day >>> before each morning. At best, I would put it in "hibernate" mode (or >>> whatever that's called), i.e the RAM is still alive while the rest of >>> the computer is off, so I don't have to reboot. That's what I usually do >>> at home. >>> I know it's not a very good habit, yet I am one of the most conscious at >>> work. Some others don't even bother to turn off the screen. >> >> Hibernate saves the RAM (and presumably other hardware state) to HDD and >> then turns the machine entirely off, RAM and all. Then, when you turn it >> back on, it just restores it all from the disk, which is much faster than >> letting everything go through the usual startup routines. It is pretty >> nifty. I don't use it personally because I've had problems with it >> (possibly >> b/c I'm on XP), but it is pretty clever. >> >> > I'm on XP SP3 too and it works. > > Maybe it's not Hibernate I use because it doesn't save on disk: it's > much faster than writing (or reading) 2 Gb on disk, and if I unplug, I > need to reboot and it says that there windows wasn't turned off > properly. I'm pretty certain the RAM is still on, and the rest of the > computer is off. When I turn it on, it's ready in matters of 2 or 3 > seconds.
That's just sleep mode then.
