To sleep or not to sleep?

You probably realize that running a PC 24/7 is not a good idea. Not only does the monitor give too much light at night the electricity that is wasted cant be good. If you tap the power button once on a Windows PC it will go to sleep. you can get back to what you were doing  with the shake of a mouse or another tap of the power button.

This may be more desirable than powering down the computer because you don't lose your train of thought and get right back to business once you log in. But sleep mode is not sleep as we know it. There is still processing going on just at a very low level. Think about it how does the computer know that you were Googling "Baked Alaska" (or what ever) when it wakes up?

You need to occasionally power down. This might be thought of as REM sleep for your computer. It is necessary. When you power down it gives your computer complete rest. It also allows updates to occur. Some of you know what I mean and think waiting 15 minutes or more for your computer to start is not good, but it is necessary in this day and age because this is where security can be implemented in your computer. If you believe that hackers stop looking for ways to take advantage of an obsolete feature in an operating system then by all means let that computer
sleep forever.