On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 17:00 -0500, Alan Stern wrote: > > It's Ben who sees the disadvantages; I was merely echoing his comments. > Maybe I should bow out at this point and let him speak for himself. :-) Well, I've always had reliable STR without any kind of refrigerator on pmac, and I beleive that fast suspend is very important. (How many people just close the laptop lid and pack it up, possibly shaking it around even before the hard disk has parked). As a _user_ I consider fast STR to be an important feature. The refrigerator is slow (and prone to fail). I think it's just not necessary for STR. Ben.