On 2003-06-11 12:58, "Mark Secker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A quick question to the gallery. > > I know that the early G4 powerbooks could be used closed with an > external monitor basically close lid then click external USB mouse > and the external screen becomes your main/only screen. > > Has this changed with later Powerbooks I have both my 1Ghz PowerBook > and a work colleagues 867Mhz (same era) and can not get it to work. > Have tried setting video mirroring (just incase that was a forgotten > step) but basically it seems that once the lids closed that's it it > ignores the mouse totally and is totally asleep just like the G3 > PowerBooks. I've got an external CRT display and USB mouse plugged into a 12" PowerBook G4. I just tried it: closed lid (hence putting computer to sleep), clicked mouse randomly a few times, and it woke up and transferred the menu bar to the external display. The screens were not mirroring each other, but I don't imagine it'd make much difference. Shame I don't have an external keyboard, or it might actually be useful hehe. Just something anybody trying this might like to note: make sure that the PowerBook has excellent ventilation if you use it with the lid closed for any length of time. I have a vague nightmarish memory of people reporting melted keys and distorted screens from all the trapped heat. Probably more nontrivial with the Aluminium models. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go move all these Photoshop palettes back to the correct screens ;) Ry [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Q. How many Microsoft programmers does it take to write good software? A. More.
