[geeks] OSX Server

[Olaf Mersmann]

Brian Dunbar wrote:
> On Mar 15, 2005, at 2:25 PM, sammy ominsky wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> 
> Agreed - my G4 spent several months working with it's lid shut during 
> working hours, no apparent harm done.  I noticed the keyboard was 'warm' 
> at the end of the day .. which (system issues aside) ain't  a bad thing 
> in Wisconsin, in the winter.

Weird, guess his install was screwed, cause I remember him fiddeling 
with the laptop for days to get it to run with its lid closed to no 
avail...

Anyway, good to know that running it with the lid closed is supported.

-- Olaf