I recently bought the Macbook Air...

I was wondering if I should turn it off every night, or put it to sleep. I've been looking online and have found mixed results...so PLEASE HELP ME!
by the way i'm a high school student. so my laptop won't be in use from about 11:00 at night to about 3:00 in the afternoon the following day.

It doesn't really matter however here is what Apple says in the manual on page 18.
Putting Your MacBook Air to Sleep or Shutting It Down
When you finish working with your MacBook Air, you can put it to sleep or shutit down.
Putting Your MacBook Air to Sleep
If you’ll be away from your MacBook Air for only a short time, put it to sleep. When it’sin sleep, you can quickly wake it and bypass the startup process.
To put your MacBook Air to sleep, do one of the following:
 Close the display.
 Choose Apple () > Sleep from the menu bar.
 Press the power button (®) and click Sleep in the dialog that appears.
 Choose Apple () > System Preferences, click Energy Saver, and set a sleep timer.
Personally I run mine 24/7 and let it sleep when not being used.

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