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Home office: That's why you shouldn't close your laptop at the end of the day

2020-12-29T14:49:42.603Z


After work in the home office - most of them now close their laptops. But this is exactly what technology experts warn against. Instead, you should end the working day differently.


After work in the home office - most of them now close their laptops.

But this is exactly what technology experts warn against.

Instead, you should end the working day differently.

One simple movement and the laptop is closed.

Many people end their working day in the home office *.

Little did they know that this small gesture would damage the performance of their computer.

+

At the end of a long working day in the home office, you shouldn't just close your laptop.

© imago images / Westend61

Closing the laptop drains the battery and slows down the system

“When you close a laptop, it goes

to sleep

.

However, energy is still required, ”says Andreas Habermehl, an expert from the Central Association of German Electrical and Information Technology Trades (ZVEH).

On the one hand, the standby mode

strains

the

battery in the device

and

all programs remain open

.

“However, open programs require computer capacity and slow down the system,” the expert reveals to

Techbook

magazine

.

And you will notice that by the next working day at the latest, when the computer takes a terribly long time and your nerves are on edge.

Also read:

You are entitled to these things if you work in the home office.

Experts advise shutting down the laptop

If you shut down your laptop at the end of the working day instead of just closing it, you also end all programs - and

start fresh again the next morning.

Because at

After a restart, the system has the opportunity to clean itself up and also fixes minor system problems.

In addition, there are fewer voltage

peaks

when shutting down than in sleep mode, writes

PCWelt

on its website.

These could damage files as well as individual hardware components.

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Closing the laptop: How to change the function on your device

Tip:

With Windows computers, you can set under “Power Options” whether you want to put your laptop into sleep mode when you close it or whether you want to shut it down immediately.

(as) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen central editorial network.

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