On 5 jan 2004, at 20:35, Dr. Trevor J. Hutley wrote: > At 21:23 +0100 4/1/04, arjan.bos at icu.nl wrote: >> Trevor, >> >>> I had noticed that when I start up my 15.2" Al Powerbook, that the >>> start-up is quite slow. >>> This seemed to be a result of my recent upgrade to Panther 10.3.2. >> >> I really can recommend the sleep mode of your Mac. > > Arjan - perhaps you got the wrong impression from my story about > start-ups! Yeah, I did. Good to hear that we both share the same impression about the usefulness of sleep ;-) > They were simply experiments. In normal use, I always use the sleep > mode. My computer works day and night (Folding at Home when I am not > working on the keyboard) and sleeps during my trips to and from the > office or on travel/business trips. > > I also highly recommend only the sleep mode. Start-up from sleep is > about 1 second, and that always impresses anyone standing around. > > regards, Trevor > > -- Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of a sick mind -- (Terry Pratchett)