[geeks] OSX Server

[sammy ominsky]

On Mar 15, 2005, at 15:20, Olaf Mersmann wrote:

> Afaik you can't run Powerbooks with their lid closed unless you screw 
> over OS X. But he was basically circumventing that "protective 
> measure" by keeping it just open. Kinda makes you worry when a few 
> extra cents for hardware is traded in for more software madness to 
> monitor the machines health.

Powerbooks run just fine with the lid closed.  They're meant to.  Plug 
in a USB keyboard and mouse, hook up an external monitor and leave it 
shut.  It works just fine.

Also,  my Powerbook is almost ALWAYS on, except when I throw it in my 
backpack.  No harm done so far from it.  There are warm spots, but 
nothing too hot to touch.

I think the concern is a holdover from Wallstreet days, when a closed 
lid really did make a difference.

---sambo