6. Ready and WaitingWhen I'm done with my Apple laptop, I close the lid. When I want to use it again, I open it. Macs sleep and wake on a dime. You get used to this. By contrast, Windows PCs are insomniacs. First, you must find the obscure hibernation key combination and punch it in. Then the hard drive makes ratcheting noises. Next, a message appears onscreen"Please wait"along with a line of little boxes that ever so slowly fill themselves in. Sixty seconds later, the poor thing sighs and loses consciousness. (Waking the computer up, of course, requires you to go through the entire process in reverse.) Long before a Windows PC can fall asleep or struggle awake, your Mac will be ready and waiting. |