On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 8:43 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: ... > Yeah, I don't generally wake a sleeping PC without knowing that it's going > to be unusable for about 30-60 seconds while it wakes up (if it doesn't > crash). This is still better than 5+ minutes for the same PC to start from > being totally shut down.
You're doing something wrong. =) 4+ years ago I got a Gateway laptop (first 17 in. model they made), and I'll be damned if I couldn't leave it running *all the time*. Instantly started up. Before I finished opening the lid, even. For a couple weeks at a time, at least. Course, I just "slept" it, versus "hibernating", but that's what MBPs do too, unless the battery is low. And it fucking worked with Linux Mint! The sleep, everything. Mint made it faster and better, too. Dusted Windows. That system had mad uptime. *mad*. Apple is just alright with me. The philosophy they tout will kill them (again), if they don't get their act together... of that, I'm sure. I like Ubuntu 10.10's interface way better than OS X's. Flipping beautiful, and I can configure it how *I* want it, vs. get spoon fed with no alternatives to the spoon feeding. :Den -- Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of debate. Friedrich Nietzsch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:329612 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
