Restart without closing programs?

Microsoft may have gotten it working for mainstream applications (IE, Office, other common office apps, etc.) however resource intensive applications for CAD, content development, etc. still cause a lot of problems in my recent experience.

This isn't limited to software either. Some motherboards just don't like sleep and/or hibernate. Certain bios options can affect it's function and some manufacturers ACPI drivers are bunk (as are the ones from Windows Update half the time.)

It may work, it may not. I wouldn't trust it with important or mission critical data.

This experience is based on how many Win7 installs or deployments?

The reason I ask is because this was more my experience with XP or Vista. I don't have these kinds of hibernate problems with hundreds of Win7 installs, or see it much amongst the thousands of problems we see here.

Personally 5 installs. Work and at home.

Through clients, 100+

Like you I also sleep and/or hibernate my computers at home. I just dont trust really important stuff to it. ie. regular saves/backups etc.