On Jun 21, 2005, at 12:32 PM, Samantha Cornell wrote: > 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. > > Any experts care to weigh in? Not sure I qualify as an expert. But, I have been using PowerBooks for a number of years and I transport my PowerBook while it's sleeping daily and never Shutdown. I haven't experienced any problems from this. Daniel