On Tuesday, June 3, 2003, at 04:54 PM, Randy Reames wrote: > You do want to make sure the cpu is still not running high and that > there is not a rogue process taxing the cpu before you close the lid. > > I have seen pictures online of people that have closed their powerbook > while a process was using 100% of the cpu and melted the keyboard (not > the lady that baked her powerbook, that's another story). The process > never quit even while in sleep mode. Something wrong here. You can use the 'book normally with the an external monitor and the screen closed. There might be one or two complaints if a melted keyboard was a typical result. All the best, Tom -- My ol' grandaddy taught me to always; post in plain text, quote only that portion to which you are replying, post replies at the bottom.