ok i practiced this when I still have my PB...
If i'm going to use my PB in the next 24hr, keep it sleep.
If i'm not going to use it more than 24hr, shut it down.
If i'm not going to use it more than 5days, makesure the battery have 50% charge, shutdown the PB, remove the battery, keep it somewhere dry n not too hot.

I've travel to lot of places with the PB is sleeping in the bag. lol... it even went over the xray scanner.

@wei,
That's pretty sound advise but i wouldn't advise travelling and carrying the MB in sleep mode - sometimes it's better to be safe than sorry *grins*. I usually have mine switched on as I work from it and if I'm leaving the office straight for home then I usually keep it on sleep mode, otherwise I shut it off and vice versa. If I'm going for a meeting and know I won't be utilising the notebook then I'll shut it off - just in case

The boot up time on my MBP's less than 20 secs so i can live with having to wait a lil while

@kevler,
About 70:30, mostly in an airconditioned environment. Or, perhaps when it's really hot or when the temperature's soared, I don't realise it because I ain't checking it *g*

hahaha ..at home , i usually put books or a bunch of cards , every angle of my notebook ..in order to have good airflows ..


what a good idea

closing lid = lappie sleep sleep
press da off button = lappie is turned off..

simple simple lappie procedures

just make sure you got good airflow & let the MB cool down 1st before u keep it inside yr back. then it shouldn't hv any prob dy.

btw ,i think i nvr shut down my comp since march i think only sleep & wake up & restart occasionally to free up some ram.

So, what if I want it to continue downloading torrents while i;m at sleep? should i close the lid?
another case, since i don't want the battery to overcharge, in such case that i want to leave it to dl torrents overnite, should i remove the battery and let it run in live AC power?
should it be a good idea to buy cooler? (after all the cooler derive electricity from the machine, end up draining more electricity, ie, the heat created by powering the cooler overcome by the cooling effect?)
this is for the case of a new MB

Also remember to not close the lid just after shtudown. Yr lcd panel will be exposed to the heat generated from yr laptop n will dmg the lcd in the long run.

if u 1 2 close da lid when ur dl torrents..make sure ur settings doesn't say sleep or hibernate...

leave it open r..wats wrong v dat anyway?

coz sleeping the room is dark, if the screen is open, dun u think will affect ur sleep?? so meaning we cant actually change the settings? hahaha havent got my MB yet, but thinking buying which one...and when... : )

@alextakashi,
Your screen will go to sleep automatically so u don't have to worry about the room being too brightly lit when your MB is running while you're sleeping - that is unless of course you switch the default off... by default your screen will go to 'bed' too

From personal experience, this is not true. I have laptops from 1999 (Compaq Armada) and 2001 (iBook G3) which have not had any problems with the LCD or backlight.

The battery is affected far more by heat than the LCD.

new macbook pros are out... so superbly delicious... and their new buy a mac get a $199 rebate for ipod seems superbly tempting...and i;m so happen to qualify for education discount...but the prob is i;m not in the US yet..arrghhh~
sorry off topic... anyone planning to get the new mbp??