That switch is hard to reach, and basically useless, it’s better to unplug the cable.
The power button does a graceful shutdown
Which is pretty useless, because you normally shut down through software, and if you can’t do that, the system has likely crashed anyway, so it’s better to shut down fast, than having a crashed program causing damage.
Plenty of people use the physical power button - including me. It’s directly equivalent to the software shutdown button, but you don’t have to go to a specific menu for it. Just press and walk away.
You can also change settings so it puts the computer to sleep or hibernate, instead of a full shutdown.
but you don’t have to go to a specific menu for it. Just press and walk away.
IDK why you need to do that, I use a hotkey on my keyboard.
So regarding speaking for yourself, how about you respect that not everyone do like you do, but your way is the only kind of hardware that exist.
I am not the arrogant one here, you are.
A physical power key on a desktop computer should physically shut off power IMO, but that option doesn’t exist anymore. And from an energy preserving perspective that is bad.
Hit the reset button then the power button, as the bios usually handles that interrupt by just shutting down immediately (and CPUs reset into low performance modes, so it reduces the power on your CPU immediately).
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That switch is hard to reach, and basically useless, it’s better to unplug the cable.
Which is pretty useless, because you normally shut down through software, and if you can’t do that, the system has likely crashed anyway, so it’s better to shut down fast, than having a crashed program causing damage.
Speak for yourself.
Plenty of people use the physical power button - including me. It’s directly equivalent to the software shutdown button, but you don’t have to go to a specific menu for it. Just press and walk away.
You can also change settings so it puts the computer to sleep or hibernate, instead of a full shutdown.
Your experience =/= Everyones experience.
IDK why you need to do that, I use a hotkey on my keyboard.
So regarding speaking for yourself, how about you respect that not everyone do like you do, but your way is the only kind of hardware that exist.
I am not the arrogant one here, you are.
A physical power key on a desktop computer should physically shut off power IMO, but that option doesn’t exist anymore. And from an energy preserving perspective that is bad.
Hit the reset button then the power button, as the bios usually handles that interrupt by just shutting down immediately (and CPUs reset into low performance modes, so it reduces the power on your CPU immediately).