Question about standby mode on laptops
 

Whenever I close my laptop, it goes in standby mode. Sometimes when I am playing a game and I need to constantly look back to a walkthrough, I will flip open the cover and read through for about a minute, close the laptop again, and maybe 5 minutes later, do the same thing. If I frequently do this, is it bad for the laptop? What could happen? What is a safe amount?

Thanks.

Does it actually go into standby/sleep mode, or does the screen just shut off?

It goes into standby mode.

I am interested in responses to this question as well.

The wikipedia entry gives both pros and cons:

Sleep mode - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia