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Originally Posted by Palladin
Does doing the quick shutdown ( sleep mode ) versus a device shutdown reduce the battery life? Or better said, should I do a device shutdown to save battery life?
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It saves battery life if you're not going to be using the machine for a few days. In "sleep mode" the CPU, etc, continue to use a small amount of power. If you do a "shutdown" everything is genuinely "off" and no power is used other than the slow natural discharge of the battery.