It is definitely more than just a fancy sleep state, it is a mobile power state that has been used in Smartphones and ARM based Tablets for the past 5 years, giving better battery performance and a better user performance.
For those interested here is the MSDN Sites explaining Connected Standby:
What is connected standby? (Windows Drivers)
Connected Standby (Windows Drivers)
And for those who need compelling weekend reading the Introduction to Connected Standby (MSDN Word Doc version of the above site):
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...4C9FDB/introduction-to-connected-standby.docx
For those interested here is the MSDN Sites explaining Connected Standby:
What is connected standby? (Windows Drivers)
Connected Standby (Windows Drivers)
And for those who need compelling weekend reading the Introduction to Connected Standby (MSDN Word Doc version of the above site):
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...4C9FDB/introduction-to-connected-standby.docx
