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Apple Instant-on Computers? Not Likely, But Here's Another Idea (AAPL)

PowerBooks are already effectively instant on.

At work, I set my wintel laptop to standy rather than hibernate, but it still takes a minimum of 40 seconds, and often over 2 minutes to come to the "this computer locked" screen for a three finger salute (which doesn't always work from the external keyboard because it takes another few seconds to initialise) to be able to type in the password. Even if all I have done is close the lid and later reopen it. Once the password is entered, it takes another long time for the external screen to initialise, and for windoze or the apps to be useable.

At home, with my powerbook, no matter what environment changes (network location / interface / external peripherals), I open the lid, and in less than two seconds I have a password dialogue box, and as soon as I enter the password, my machine is ready to use, responsive, network up, everything as it should be.

Why would Apple waste time, effort, and money on flash RAM when they already have effectively "instant on"?