i liked your email. informative. only part i disagree with is below - you are speaking of peecees. apple /has/ complete control over the hardware that is there; one of the few advantages that apple has over the rest of the hw/pee cee makers. (i say few, b/c it is clear that apple is being held down by the boat anchor that is motorola). --alan On Friday, January 17, 2003, at 06:38 AM, Tom Davidson wrote: > Sleep in a laptop is much easier than a desktop because in a laptop, > you have control of what hardware is there. The only variables are > the PCMCIA cards.