MBP goes to sleep slow

Going to sleep takes about 30 sec. Is that normal? iBook went to sleep much faster.

The time for the Apple portable to go to sleep may be proportional to the size of your RAM.. More to backup on HDD, more time.
How much memory does your MBP and your iBook have?

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