[adamcw]

Is there an argument that hibernate is harmful? I hadn't heard that one.

It's certainly useful, but I think the comment you were replying to was thinking more along the lines of saving that state without doing all the work our computers have to do to go into hibernate.

I for one would love a faster and less error prone sleep/hibernate feature. (Although recent Mac OS implementations have really cut down on the error prone part of that. I'm not sure where the Linux/Windows crowd is on that, I would assume the story is the same/similar.)

[notduncansmith]

OS X has also really cut down on the time it takes as well. I close my Macbook Air, and the lights cut off instantly. I open it up, and in the time it takes me to type in my password, it's loaded itself to the exact state I left it in (actually did it while typing this comment). I haven't used a Windows or Linux laptop in a while, but I hope for the sake of people that have, that it's a similar experience. Having the freedom to close your laptop without a second thought is great.