That's pretty long-winded. I save several seconds on each of those operations by not having to do any of them, ever - just close the lid, open the lid.
I love my Mac.
That was actually the switching point for me, from Linux to OS X. After months of effort, I finally got suspend/resume working well on my laptop, but still couldn't find a way to close the lid, connect to a monitor, and have X11 automagically handle the screen resolution shift.
I'm not sure I could switch back; I'm more likely to switch to Windows than Linux again, just for the international support.
Re:Windows 7: "The Linux Killer"
by twopoint718 on Tuesday December 23, 2008 @03:29PM
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Me too, and Debian runs great on it; suspend/resume included.
I hit the power button, choose suspend or hibernate.
Later I hit the keyboard to resume, enter my screensaver password, and resume work.
Edit: I play music and download files with the lid closed. So I don't want my computer to turn off when I do that. And OS X uses screensaver when resuming too - I own one.