Certain Apple portables do support running with the clamshell
closed, but with other constraints applied that make it clear that
the user intends for the system to be awake and that more or less
require that it have adequate access to cooling (keyboard attached,
external monitor attached, explicit wakeup after the clamshell is
closed).
And that last one is the thing that draws the ire of many a PowerBook
and MacBook Pro user. If I've already got AC power, and an external
display, and an external keyboard then I ought to be able to open and
close the lid at will and it should only cause the internal display to
be made (un)available.
As it stands now I might be sitting on my couch working and start
something like a large download. I then decide to move to the office
where I attach my keyboard and cinema display. Once that change
settles I ought to be able to close the lid and have the internal
display disabled but leave the system running. The system should not
be forced in to sleep mode for me to then hit a key on the keyboard
and immediately wake it up again.
If you're simply trying to prevent people from stuffing the notebook
into a bag with it still running, you ought to note the fact that it's
pretty well impossible to do this while the power and the display and
the keyboard are all connected.
What exactly is the reason for requiring the system to go to sleep and
then be woken up again?
-Dave
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