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Vista an Uneasy Sleeper

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the just-like-most-3-year-olds dept.

Emmy King writes "
One thing we just can't wrap our mind about is the terrible, broken, and completely pitiful support for waking Vista up from a Deep Sleep or hibernation.
Anytime you attempt to wake Vista up from Hibernation or "Deep Sleep" (S3-induced sleep mode), it dies. It's either a BSOD, or a driver error, or a broken network, no DWM, lack of sound... the list goes on, and on. So much for an operating system to "power" the future! (No pun intended!) That's with properly-signed drivers and no buggy software on multiple PCs..."

3 of 395 comments (clear)

  1. Re:How many times do you test before calling it tr by Loco+Moped · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I just opened my laptop and turned it on, and it resumed from a hibernate just fine (running Vista Business release version).

    One success does not undo a lifetime of failure.

  2. Re:S3 is not hibernate/deep sleep. by gregorio · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    But he's criticising Windows Vista, not Windows 2000. Have you seen Vista's shutdown menu? Have you read the article on Slashdot about how much time and effort went into making it?
    He wasn't quoting Windows 2000 and XP for "doing it right" because of...? I know, because he is a zealot who doesn't know SHIT about what he is criticising.
  3. Dude, just buy a fucking Mac by melted · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Sleep mode in current Apple laptops combines hibernate and sleep. If computer remains powered (i.e. battery doesn't go out or doesn't get removed), the wake up is instantaneous. It is literally ready to go at the tap of a key. If, however, there's a power loss, the wake up will take a bit longer because wake up will be from hibernate mode. Just to verify this, right after I finished typing the previous sentence I closed the lid of my laptop (C2D MBP), detached the power cord and removed the battery and waited 30 seconds. I have then put the battery back in and started the laptop. It woke up from hibernate and I continued typing. A nice touch - on wake up it shows you a slightly blurred version of the desktop the way it was when computer went to sleep.

    So you get the speed of the "regular" sleep with reliability of hibernate. I say - give your money to the competent, vote with your dollar.