[OS X] how deep is system sleep?

Richard Chang wrote on :

I have OSX installed on a Rev A iMac 233 with 192MB of RAM.

Question: when the system goes to sleep, what kind of sleep is it?

On OS 9 there are different kinds of sleep for desktop and laptops. Even for desktops you can tell the machine whether to respond to network activity. It seems that OS X basically turns off the machine so it won't respond to anything (bad for servers and logging in remotely). Is there a way around this? I suppose I can tell the system not to go to sleep at all.

Richard

SPAM replied on :

If I forget to plug in my sleeping Lombard PowerBook (OS X 10.0.3),
the battery will fully discharge during the night.

Whatever kind of sleep it is, its not as deep / efficient as sleep was under OS 9, etal.

Richard Chang chang@redacted.invalid poked a keyboard and produced: : I have OSX installed on a Rev A iMac 233 with 192MB of RAM.

: Question: when the system goes to sleep, what kind of sleep is it?

: On OS 9 there are different kinds of sleep for desktop and laptops. Even : for desktops you can tell the machine whether to respond to network : activity. It seems that OS X basically turns off the machine so it won't : respond to anything (bad for servers and logging in remotely). Is there : a way around this? I suppose I can tell the system not to go to sleep at : all.

: Richard