How does a Windows 8.1 tablet (not Windows RT) sleep?

I have been using Android and iOS devices. I really have not cared how they sleep, because it is transparent. That is, I as the user, do not need to care about whether it is on or sleep, because if I play a music or connect to a messenger, they keep playing or stay connected even though I turn off the screen.

Now, traditional desktop Windows determines idle time by keyboard/mouse input. If there is no keyboard/mouse input, the computer sleeps no matter how many CPU-intensive applications are running, unless the application explicitly prevents the system from sleeping. Unlike Android/iOS devices, Windows desktop sleep means stopping everything, as far as I know. It is as if the system is turned off, but the RAM content is being preserved.

I am curious about how Windows tablets (not RT, but real Windows 8.1) behave. If I turn off the screen, the system sleeps as in the sense of desktop Windows? Or do they work like Android/iOS devices?

In short, do Windows 8.1 tablets sleep in a special way, or in the tradition desktop way?



  • Edited by Jeong-hun 22 hours 48 minutes ago grammar
March 17th, 2014 8:05am

Hello,

You probably would want a device that supports Connected Standby. 

Here is the link to the doc on it.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/D/1/5D167007-01CF-4977-9F82-5FEEEA4C9FDB/introduction-to-connected-standby.docx

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March 17th, 2014 1:47pm

Hi Jeong,

If you turn off the screen of Windows 8.1 tablet,the system won't enter into sleep mode.

It just mean the screen has been turn off.

I suggest that you refer to the following article  to understand the sleep mode.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/how-shut-down-turn-off-pc

Regards,

March 18th, 2014 1:30am

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