Sleep or Shutdown?

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Whats the story with this new sleep thing in Vista?

I know how to change the power buttons on the pc and Windows to "Shutdown", but I was wondering if I'm better off using the default sleep mode. How much power does sleep mode use?

I have these visons of electrifrying myself by forgeting to Shutdown before changing hardware

 

[bfar]

Any thoughts?

 

[bfar]

All seems to work quite well - certainly nicer than full shutdown/boot cycles.

All makes sense now - I'll give it a blast.