Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Questions

I am now running this brand new iMac with wireless keyboard and wireless mouse, which is great. I want to know if it is possible (or recommended) to turn off the battery in these two things while the CPU is asleep. Every time I put it to sleep and switch off one of these things, it springs back to life.
Also, what kind of lifespan do these batteries have? I bought the charger and two batteries with the computer, FYI. Thank you.

Yes, I would just leave the mouse and keyboard turned on. Way too much trouble to do otherwise. Well, about battery life. I've found that the batteries in this wireless keyboard that came with this iMac have a very long battery life. I think the originals lasted about 5 months. On the other hand, the Magic Mouse has an appetite for batteries. It magically eats them. For me, alkalines last about 3 weeks and lithiums last about 5 weeks. I would not recommend the lithiums due to the much greater expense.
I just, today actually, bought the Sanyo eneloop batteries and charger. It came with 8 AAs and 4 AAAs and seemed like a good deal. These are fairly well recommended but I'll reserve judgement until I try them myself.
So did you buy the new Apple rechargeables? I bet they are pretty good too. Let us know.
Regards,
Steve M.

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