As I said in my first email, the program could check the remaining
battery level, the menu bar item can do this, i would assume other
software can too. You can estimate the time to completion for most
actions, compare that with the battery time remaining, and you know
whether or not to delay sleep. Heat isnt a major, if your worried
about over heating then you can monitor the temperature sensors.
One of the fans in my macbook pro died, i use it in bed all the time,
it rests on top of a down comforter which partially blocks the air
vents. It gets hot but still runs while playing video games (WoW)
under nearly a heavy load. I dont see a copy over the network with the
screen closed being any worse, especially if you have it under your
arm as i said in my 2nd email.
I've had my old macbook crash several going to sleep, i put it in my
air tight zero halliburton dz3 case. It never seemed too hot when i
took it back out on the few occasions when the battery didnt run out.
On Jan 31, 2008, at 4:17 PM, Marc Epard wrote:
On Jan 31, 2008, at 3:51 PM, Matt Burnett wrote:
What do you mean by "Making the system work "well enough" in this
context is much harder..."? The system was working fine before the
lid is closed, with a external monitor the system still works fine
with the screen closed. I dont see any reason why the system cant
continue to run with the main screen disabled, i've ran other macs
headless. I dont see why the system couldnt operate just fine being
carried around under my arm. Could you please give a example.
Your battery runs down and the machine gets very hot inside your bag.
-Marc
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