I just recently installed Windows 8.1 on my laptop, and one of the first things I noticed was the faster boot speed. Besides that, I was also forced to select Shut Down from a menu that lists Sleep, Hibernate and Restart. As we know usually in Windows 7 we just shut down after using the PC, but now faced with such a menu, it got me curious to find out the differences between sleep, hibernation and shutting down the PC.

I love to sleep. But will your computer like it if you put it to sleep? Simply put, sleep for your PC is pretty much like sleep for yourself. Most of your body goes to rest, but your brain never ever shuts off. In the case of your PC, only the RAM will [...]