Well, have spent a good couple of hours trying to get software suspend working on the new laptop. I've got the kernel compiled, but I can't get it to boot. I'm using:

kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.15-suspend2-r8 root=/dev/ram0
 init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda4 resume2=swap:/dev/hda3 noresume2

in grub to boot and the kernel is panicking because it can't find the /dev/ram0 device. I'm too tired to figure it out this evening, so I'll have to look at it tomorrow after the family get-together.