Comment Re:Part of the Apple Experience, really (Score 1) 232
Sorry to butt in, and I haven't read all 100 posts your comment has generated. But I haven't read one important bit of information you need to operate a powerbook of any generation with the lid closed. --It has to be plugged in. My guess, the thinking is that if you are hooked up to an external monitor, which most likely requires an external power source, you are close to an outlet to plug in the PB. Why drain the battery if you don't have to? I apologize if you do have your PB plugged in. In which case, I'm mystified why yours doesn't operate correctly.
As the previous poster mentioned, when you close the lid, the PB will go to sleep, even with a monitor hooked up. I jut tab a shift key on my external keyboard and my PB wakes up, senses the monitor, and shifts all windows to it. Nifty.
And as you guess, hooking up to a TV is the same as a monitor--lid open, mirror or extended desktop; lid closed, must be plugged in. I hadn't thought of the magnet trick as a way to have access to the PB keyboard and use it as if the lid were closed. With a TV resolution, I just mirror and turn off the backlight.
As the previous poster mentioned, when you close the lid, the PB will go to sleep, even with a monitor hooked up. I jut tab a shift key on my external keyboard and my PB wakes up, senses the monitor, and shifts all windows to it. Nifty.
And as you guess, hooking up to a TV is the same as a monitor--lid open, mirror or extended desktop; lid closed, must be plugged in. I hadn't thought of the magnet trick as a way to have access to the PB keyboard and use it as if the lid were closed. With a TV resolution, I just mirror and turn off the backlight.
