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Old 07-19-2019, 12:07 PM   #81
j.p.s
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Originally Posted by NullNix View Post
Wow, flash is good enough now that you can swap hundreds of megs to a relatively small bit of flash just because someone left the thing turned off for half an hour, and keep it up for years?
Someone in power must have decided it was better than waiting 2 minutes for a boot.

Didn't you recently post that defragging modern flash memory doesn't cause enough wear out to be of concern?

Regarding your reply to jswolf, many ereader brands allow "complete" power down (boot required). I for one am annoyed by kindles not allowing power off. I am fine with sleep by default, but I want the option to explicitly shut the kindle down if I know I won't be using it for a while. All the theory you wrote about all the reasons lithium ion cells run down on their own aside, my non amazon readers are much easier to maintain when not in use than my kindles.

I haven't had trouble with my 7" Oasis yet. Only time will tell if its flash dies before something else. It has no option to disable deep sleep but newer kindles do. Maybe that says something.
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