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To: Artslaw who wrote (34240)	7/27/2002 8:58:19 PM
From: Win-Lose-Draw	Respond to of 213182

is anybody making decent/useful head-mounted displays yet? not the VR google things, i'm thinking more along the lines of small one-eye devices. i'm assuming the laser-into-the-eye stuff is still in the realm of scifi.

To: Artslaw who wrote (34240)	7/27/2002 10:33:33 PM
From: Jeff Hayden	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213182

Yes. In fact, you can configure it to either save to disk or suspend to memory when the case closes, and then revive on the opening {of course, if you have a secure computer, it should ask for a password upon revival, but if you use your computer as a toy, then this would obviously be hassle). Thanks for the information. The Mac defaults to memory when it sleeps, but that's not a concern for power draw which is very low in sleep mode. Apple has spent a lot of time and effort getting the Mac's power draw as low as possible for each mode of operation. If you run out of battery while using the Mac, it will hold all information in sleep mode for quite a few hours. I don't think the ability to configure for events would be anything I would use if they were available on the Mac. I don't think I could do better than what Apple does to save power. There is a control panel for controlling screen shutdown and disk spin-down when running on battery - I don't fiddle with them. I use my PowerBook as a toy occasionally, but even when using it for business, I don't use the password stuff. I run a one-man business, me, I own the powerBook, and I am the only one who uses it. You might argue that I would be in trouble if someone stole my machine. You would be right. Not because the information is sensitive, it isn't, but because my business is on it. I back-up every so often to a FireWire hard drive.

To: Artslaw who wrote (34240)	7/27/2002 10:50:36 PM
From: Jeff Hayden	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 213182

Steven, I've been looking at that link that Robert provided. After that and Herb's comments I've been wondering why you Windows guys use PC laptops at all? It seems to me that the Macs are head and shoulders above any "mobile" laptop out there in speed and battery life. And I know they are more relaxing and satisfying to use than anything that runs Windows. I use Windows desktops every so often and am not impressed. Seriously. Why not switch to a PowerBook? They really are nice to work with, have great screens, and MS Office works very well on them.