[WinMac] Re: PowerBooks
Curtis Wilcox(cwcx[at]uhura.cc.rochester.edu)
Fri, 17 Jul 1998 20:57:44 +0200
At 07:05 AM 7/17/98 +0200, Donna Pointer wrote:
>using a pb as a main computer. He said that you can run with the pb closed
>if you are using an external monitor and KB. Any model. Not just the Duos.
>This is our local "authorized dealor" . He didn't seem to think there would
>be any overheating problem. I thought the pb vented through the keyboard,
>so I'm not so sure that this would be a good idea. If I were doing this, I
>would keep the pb open.
I know that the new PowerBook G3s should NOT be operated while closed for
cooling reasons. However from the context of the information it seemed that
that was a new restriction, that previous models could be operated closed.
My only personal experience is with a PB 5300 and it isn't a problem.
Perhaps the G3s are the first PowerPC PowerBooks with the restriction.
I would search Apple Tech Info Library <http://til.info.apple.com/> for
information about the PB 190 specifically or at least info about the "100"
class PowerBooks.
>Alternatively, an advantage to using an external
>monitor with a pb is that you have more deskspace, because you can run both
>monitors at the same time. The Macs are able to do this very easily. Donna
>Pointer
Apple has stopped fixing our PB 5300's dead LCD for free (this is the 3rd
death) so we're going to use it as a "headless" server for a lab. We'll
just stick it in a corner or cabinet and connect a monitor when we have to.
[BTW, I'm against having the [WinMac] subject line insertions. I will help
anyone find mail filtering software & teach them how to use it.]
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