Should I turn off or put my computer to sleep?

Yeah, the subject covers it all. I heard your mac runs faster if you put it to sleep, but your battery life is longer if you turn it off. What's what?
What should I do?

Stallion,
Well, power draw during sleep is next to nothing. We're talking something like 1 or 2% in 24 hours. When pushed, my MBP can eat up more than that in less than a minute, on battery. In other words, what you would gain by shutting down wouldn't amount to much.
Sleep it, unless you have a specific need to shut it down.
Scott

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