<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">This raises a good question. Is it indeed necessary to shut down to transport a laptop? I am personally referring to a G4 iBook, but I'm assuming that whatever the answer, it holds true for all the portables.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Any experts care to weigh in?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I've had my 17" pb since March and never shut it off. I just close the lid and sleep it for it's daily trip back and forth to the office, as well as a recent trip to Seattle. I only reboot for updates when required. I would think you should expect the same reliability of the latest revision pb. I did, however have a rev. A Titanium that occasionally would not wake up properly, but even that wasn't very often.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">When I use the PowerBook (15" SuperDrive) I, per the manual, usually just</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">close the lid between uses unless I'm going to transport it somewhere.</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Well, twice now it's not woken back up after being closed.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Both times I</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">believe it has been closed over night before opening it again.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>