[WinMac] The word on closed powerbooks

Ceolaf@aol.com
Sun, 19 Jul 1998 09:49:43 +0200

>(1) The PowerBook 190 goes to sleep automatically when you shut the top
>all the way; I'm sure that this is true of most of the other PowerBooks
This is true for every powerbook since the 1x0's. But if you plug in an
external keyboard, you can use the power key on that to turn it on.

>as well, since it would be a Very Bad Thing accidentally to carry any
>computer around while it's "live." Sleeping computers, of course, tend
>to exhibit certain losses in performance.
There's nothing wrong with carrying a "live" computer across a room
or down a hall. Without a sleep mode, it would be preferable to turning
it off. And if something is compiling, rendering, or whatnot, it might
good to use your walking time as processing time. There've been a few
times in the past could of years that I'd wished my powerbook didn't
sleep when closing the lid. Hell, sometime, I close the lid to get it
out of the way while I jot something down on paper, or sign something,
and am annoyed at the delay in waking it up.

>(2) Most (all?) of the more recent PowerBooks don't support multiple or
>additional monitors, so "caveat emptor" if you are looking to upgrade the
>trusty old 190.
The only powerbooks without video out are the Duos/2400 (subnotebook) and
the 1400 (which does have video out as an expansion option). Video
mirroring has become the standard, rather than multiple monitors, but
with the lid closed, video mirroring is what you would want. (some of
the cheapest 1x0's also lacked video out, but they're hardly an issue
these days).

>(3) The 190 doesn't have an exhaust fan, I don't think, so yes, much of
The new G3 Series (Wallstreet) are the first powerbooks for which Apple
officially says NOT to run it with the lid closed, I belive. Others work
as described above.

>From: Marc Bizer <mlbizer@mail.utexas.edu>
>How did you run your 3400 with the case shut? Mine will also go to sleep
>automatically if I close it.
As mentioned above, turn it on that way with an external monitor.

alex hoffman
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