As mentioned previously I’ve started working for a new company which exclusively uses Macs and I’ve got to say, they are superior to PCs in every way I’ve found so far.
I’ve had to get used to bits but on the whole I’m never ever going to back to a PC or laptop. Today’s challenge for the Mac was how to get my MacBook Pro to hibernate. I used to it on my Windows laptop all the time – it was invaluable. Being able to press the power button and wait for it to turn off then press the power button again and have all your documents and applications still running was an invaluable time saver.
So I wondered if the same was possible on the Mac and did some Googling. It turns out something similar is possible – it’s called Safe Sleep. With any Mac Book Pro made in the last 5 years or so all you have to do is close the lid and it puts it into Safe Sleep. Then you just open the lid again later, press any key and it restores to the state it was in. Perfect.
Since I’ve got a background in electronic engineering it’s obvious that this would require some power consumption and therefore had a limited time span to work. I asked my boss, Phil, if he’d done it and he said he’d unplugged his, closed the lid and taken it home for a three day weekend and when he came back in on Tuesday it still had about 50% power left. Perfect.
It’s only been two weeks but let’s see if there’s anything that the Mac doesn’t do better. Well worth the extra costs.