How do you put a computer into sleep mode?
user
Just hit the “shutdown” button on the computer, it should immediately turn off the monitor and also power down the computer.
assistant
No, shutdown is different from sleep mode. With shutdown the computer is completely powered down, in sleep mode the computer is in a low energy, standby mode.
user
How is shutdown different from sleep mode?
assistant
I just told you. Anyway to put a computer into sleep mode is actually very similar to shutdown. You just select sleep instead of shutdown in the start menu. That's it.
user
So how would you explain why it's different from shutdown, then?
assistant
How do you put a computer into sleep mode?
user
Just hit the “shutdown” button on the computer, it should immediately turn off the monitor and also power down the computer.
assistant
No, shutdown is different from sleep mode. With shutdown the computer is completely powered down, in sleep mode the computer is in a low energy, standby mode.
user
How is shutdown different from sleep mode?
assistant
I just told you. Anyway to put a computer into sleep mode is actually very similar to shutdown. You just select sleep instead of shutdown in the start menu. That's it.
user
But I really doubt that’s true, from a technical perspective.  Because you can control when the computer turns on, but it seems like that's not something you can do while in sleep mode.  If you need a computer to be completely powered down, I think shutting it down is what you want, not sleep mode.
assistant
How do you put a computer into sleep mode?