Slow to wake up

I'm not sure if this is a MacBook Pro or a OS Lion issue. Periodically, my MacBook Pro is VERY slow to wake up. Several minutes pass and the screen is still black. I've only had this MBP since May so I still consider it brand new. It is running Lion. This doesn't happen everytime, but it is increasing. I do push it pretty hard running 4-6 programs open at once, all that I use back and forth in my business. I had to do a full restart to get it to come back on today.
Any thoughts on why this happens and what to do about it? I will be near an Apple store this weekend and could get it looked at if that seems necessary.
Karen in Colorado

Any chance you have a different order set for your network preferences? It may be tryig to find a wireless connection before ethernet, or some such, for example. Shifting your primary network process to the top of the list should fix it if this is the proble.
Head to System Preferences / Network and select "Network Port Configurations" from the "Show" drop down menu. Move your primary means of connecting to the top of the list and disable any that you never use. Then click on "Apply Now".
Cheers
Rod

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