>> X is a very large number though, even after a weekend in standby the 
>> battery is still at 90-something %.
>
> I think the last time I used my laptop was about 4 months ago?

Right, well mine is on continually during the day at work (I use it for 
email and my desktop for other work), and sometimes in the evening or at 
weekends I use it for a while eg in front of the TV or in the kitchen.  It 
also gets used on the road (eg on the train, in the hotel, at customer 
meetings) every few weeks if I need to travel anywhere.

> Right. Unlike "Hibernate", which writes the RAM image to disk, so next 
> time you cold boot it can just reload that.
>
> Either way, don't you find that huge amounts of hardware stops working 
> properly when you start it back up again?

No, the only thing I notice is that if I put it into standby while it is 
docked at work, then undock it and boot it up at home, the screen resolution 
is wrong for the internal LCD (1600x1200 instead of 1920x1200).  But I can 
cope with that, I usually make sure to undock it before putting it to 
standby (undocking it changes the resolution back from the external monitor 
to the internal one).

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