Using my mac everyday for an hour or so, should i shut down or sleep?

Just wondering if it would be better to shut down my computer or make it sleep because i use it everyday for about an hour(web browsing, musuc, email)?... and i want to get the longest battery life possible... thanks! i have the newest 13 inch mac book pro

If you use it for, say, 1-2 hours and you were to leave it sleeping the rest of the day but unplugged, the battery would eventually drain. 22-23 hours of sleep will cause the battery to drain around 10-15% of its capacity and one hour of charge will not be able to replentish that, so eventually the battery will deplete. Plus the short and incomplete charge cycle would be murder on the battery.
On the other hand, leaving it perpetually plugged in kind of defeats the purpose of a portable, plus is not recommended by Apple for battery longevity.
So, turn it off and resign yourself to having to wait a few more seconds for startup.

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