On Jun 22, 2005, at 7:27 AM, x4u-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com wrote: > I almost always just shut the lid, and rarely if ever turn it off... > but twice in the past week it has done an "unclean shutdown" when > I've done this. > > I believe it has to do with removing peripherals while shutting down, > so I'm going to make sure to disconnect everything first and give it > a chance to settle down before closing the lid. > > TjL Had a Pismo since new. Also never shutdown computer, always asleep (unless battery dies, twice). Noticed that when I sleep my Pismo with Virtual PC running, there "seems" to be a risk of non-normal wake up. I wonder if there is an interaction between the Pismo sleep and the Win 2000 Pro/VPC sleep? Ed