Hibernate Or Switch Off ?

[smurfchops]

Is it OK to leave my laptop on hibernate, or should I switch off completely? I plug it in as battery doesn't work any more.

[chrissa1]

I always sleep/hibernate mine during the day but, shut it down at night. Mine is always plugged in too.

[Hammer]

It’s fine to hibernate. This basically saves your laptop’s state to the hard drive, then completely shuts off the power. It’s not like standby that still uses some power. When you power on again it retrieves your state from the hard drive and lets you carry on, which is much quicker than a proper reboot. You only really need a reboot once in a while if you are having problems but day to day it’s fine to hibernate.