In case you want to try the Safe Sleep mode on your Mac, a scripts suite named "Suspend Now" can do that on a simple click.
There is a script to activate the Safe Sleep, another one to secure the virtual memory and a third one to add this option to the Apple menu.
Suspend Now
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Apple
CD Drives
G5
Hard Drive
Internet
iPad
iPhone
iPod
Laptop
MacBidouille
Mac Intel
Mac OS X
Network
Overclock
PC
Peripheral
Software
Sound
SSD
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