Apple = Best Lap Tops & OS X = Cannot handle CD/DVD Drive and Sleep

Hi There,
I've been owning LapTops since just about the days where Apple first introduced theirs.
I love Apple and I love OS X but for the love of the Universe I cannot understand why it has to be such a hazzle to wake up EVERY time the CPU has been sleeping and why it has to take AGES to eject a CD or DVD that aint even being used. This time of course takes much longer if the Mac has just been woken up.
Does ANYONE have any tips on how to speed up Apple's totally flawed OS when it come to optical drives and Sleeping habits.
Thanks

Hi,
maybe you should reed the short post once more.
Then you will find
Does ANYONE have any tips on how to speed up Apple's totally flawed OS when it come to optical >drives and Sleeping habits.
Thanks
That is a clear cut question. I dont know what you be getting at. But then again one cannot hold un careful reading to someone who posts 1000 post a year...

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