Sleep or Power Off

The little book says Shut Down when you're going to be away from the machine for a day or two. I know I almost always leave my iMac in sleep, but do I really want to be walking around with the MBP in a laptop bag while it's in sleep mode, or do I want to shut it down?

personally i leave it n sleep but then again the only times i take my machine any where it to class to take notes with it so i dont want to shut down and lose all the web sties i have open and have to reopen all the applications had or was working on.
if your traveling long distances or will have it away for a long time and you dont really need/want to keep all your stuff open you should probably turn it off. if the machine was hot right before you put it away it has the potential to over heat in the case and all that good stuff so turning it off would probably be better to help it cool down but its kinda a toss up just really depends on how long you are going to have it away.
-matt

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are you sure? i read that turning off the iPod completely (and on again) actually drains the battery more.
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Hi there,
I am a new user for Mac, (i just have one Macbook Pro) would very much to know the suggestion: either we should close the lip, put the mac in sleep mode or power off every day when finished the work?
which one is better for computer? someone says better not turning on and off every day, do so unless you will not use Mac for days. but I also found people says keep the computer in sleep mode might have trouble to wake it up later...
any experts suggestion?
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