In my house today, all of the computers are Macs. This is a long way away from three and a half year ago, when I said that Jaguar could not replace my PC. We're chugging along happily running Tiger, just as productive as before, and enjoying every bit of eye candy. But OS X isn't always cherry pie, it's got its own set of faults, and some can be downright annoying. UPDATED
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Member since:2006-01-04
The reason you can't do this (or so Apple has claimed) is that most of the heat dissipation is through the keyboard.
The reason the powerbook/macbook can get away without the exaught vents other notebooks have is because the vents are hidden under the keyboard. If the lid was closed while the computer was running full tilt, the computer would over heat.
Member since:2006-01-16
But, as the grandparent points out, the Powerbook runs just fine with the lid closed when you have a keyboard and a display plugged in. I realize that the answer you gave is Apple's explanation and not yours, but it just doesn't quite make sense.
My guess is that they really don't want people using Powerbooks as really big iPods (I sometimes used to listen to music on my old laptop when wandering around) because it can cause all sorts of hardware failures. Just a guess...
Member since:2005-07-06
My #1 peeve when it comes to OS X is the lack of any sort of automatic window management. Arranging and resizing windows by hand was merely annoying on early Macs in the 1980s, but it is unforgivable in 2006.
Expose and virtual desktops are only klunky workarounds for a core problem in OS X's window management.
Member since:2006-01-12
OS X does not have the advanced window arranging and cascading capabilities of some X11 window managers. Fortunately, OS X is very programmable and you can write an Applescript application to resize your document windows to a certain size and arrange them in a certain way.
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2005-07-06
I want to close my Powerbook lid without it going to sleep. It runs fine with the lid closed and a monitor/mouse plugged in.