For most people, the nightly choice between shutting down a PC and letting it sleep is really a choice between certainty and convenience. A full shutdown wipes the slate clean, closes network ...

Turning a computer off or putting it to sleep may be a matter of personal preference or habit. It's faster to close a laptop's lid or have a desktop enter sleep than shutting down either type of PC.

Shut down and sleep options in the Windows power menu - Nwz/Shutterstock Nobody is nostalgic about the times when computers used to take minutes to fully boot up. Of all the differences between SSDs ...