floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoULTRARAM will allow you to close your laptop, come back a thousand years later and pick up where you left offwww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1113arrow-down10
arrow-up1113arrow-down1external-linkULTRARAM will allow you to close your laptop, come back a thousand years later and pick up where you left offwww.techradar.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square60fedilink
minus-squareGameylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year agoOur Families Windows XP Laptop had a RAM to storage feature that essentially did the same. I think Windows killed it off but if I had to guess it’s just not a good idea to avoid rebooting properly so I really can’t see the use for this.
minus-squareGameylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI have absolutely no clue, I just remember what it did and that I tried it a few too many times in a row back then.
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoIt still exists, and it works better now.
Our Families Windows XP Laptop had a RAM to storage feature that essentially did the same. I think Windows killed it off but if I had to guess it’s just not a good idea to avoid rebooting properly so I really can’t see the use for this.
You mean hibernate?
I have absolutely no clue, I just remember what it did and that I tried it a few too many times in a row back then.
It still exists, and it works better now.
Interesting, I haven’t used Windows in ages.