Whento sleep or to shut down the MBA ....

Well It´s impressive how fast the mba vomes from sleep but what is the main rule.
1- In a static place just sleep the MBA?
2- When need to transport, even for a short walk is better to shut down?,
And what ´s best for the battery, use the MBA until the battry is almost 0, or charge it very often?
Thanks

Obviously, you'll need to restart your computer after certain downloads (actually, those are now mostly automatic--the latest downloads from Apple almost always restart the computer for you), after you repair permissions should you decide or need to do that and....
Well. That's about it. You can pretty much leave your beauty on 24/7.
Apple's dream was to create computers that never have to be shut down and they've made it a reality, especially with this new MBA which comes out of sleep in a blink. Awesome! Frankly, I can't remember the last Apple Laptop I owned which regularly got shut down. I'd put them to sleep, slip them in and out of computer bags, take them hither and yon, and open them up to get right back to work--and those were regular hard drives, not SSD. I never had a single problem.
In fact, I can only think of two instances where I might shut my lovely little MBA down--and I fully admit that these are left-overs from the spinning hard-drive days and might, with the MBA, be a matter of pure superstition on my part First, if I was leaving the computer behind for a few weeks. It's just a matter of putting it into storage and preserving the battery. Second, if I was going through Airport Security. If the MBA was only asleep, I'd worry that it might accidentally get opened and whatever I had on the screen would be viewed by other travelers or security.
And it just feels safer to me to have it shut off while going through security, but, as I said, that's probably just an old habit from spinning hard drive days. As I recall, Airport Security (U.S.) doesn't even require removal of the 11.6" from the bag, so it's probably safe sound asleep and secure in its bag.

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