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Windows 11 hibernation has been silently hammering your SSD this whole time (www.xda-developers.com)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 77 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Man discovers feature that has been around since Windows Vista, and decides to write a ragebait article about 20 year old technology.

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  • [–] 27 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    To be fair, windows hibernates a lot without telling the user (hibernates when shutting down, hibernates after sleeping too long). Hibernating when shutting down was largely meant to help with slow boot times on HDDs, and it maybe shouldn't be default now that everyone is on SSDs that both boot faster and receive more wear from hibernating.

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  • [–] 15 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Hibernation on laptops helps preserve standby battery life, and I personally appreciate it as I may close my laptop lid and forget about it for a week.

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