site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com On Oct 9, 2005, at 6:24 PM, Peter Seebach wrote: cf "How to use your PowerBook G4 with the display closed:" http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86286 Chris _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-dev mailing list (Darwin-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-dev/site_archiver%40lists.appl... In message <658F888C-3133-4FC9-9D5B-ECEE21D81F39@sympatico.ca>, =? ISO-8859-1?Q? Andr=E9-John_Mas?= writes: or some other aspect of the computer being fried. For the most part =20 PowerBooks and iBooks just aren't designed to work with a closed lid. =20= Can't speak to the modern ones, but my Pismo did a 4-month or so stint as a primary desktop with its lid closed, using VGA out. Yup. Most PowerBooks can operate with the lid closed. (It would be wise to avoid this on the very first PowerBook G3's (IIRC), because they directly and by design vent heat through the keyboard.) This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com