Putting Your MacBook to Sleep?

Question

What is the difference between closing your macbook & pressing apple-sleep? My friend aid that it is better to put your computer to sleep by pressing the apple then hitting sleep. I have been just closing it. Is there a difference? Is one sleep mode better than the other?

Answer 1

It depends on what your power management settings are. If it's set to hibernate when you press the button or close the lid then that saves the state of the system and completely powers off the system. Sleep or standby usually saves the state of the system to ram and shuts most everything down so it uses minimal power. One is not better than the other, it's just a user preference.  

Answer 2

It is pretty much the same thing.  They both use the same amount of power since they are the same state of the laptop.