My primary computer is a laptop.  It's a high-end Dell that's been a real workhorse.  Power outage hit a while back and while roomie's desktop powered down, mine shifted to battery power and only lost the DSL connection.  I closed the lid putting it in standby and waited for the power to be restored.  Nothing lost.  
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Better is the Enemy of Good Enough.  
Okay, what’s your point??