[Ti] Is extended use with lid closed advisable?

Simon Chapman sc at pr100.com
Wed May 7 13:33:04 PDT 2003


At 11:04 am -0600 7/5/03, Sam Hotchkiss wrote:
>On Wed, 7 May 2003 6:35AM -0700, Simon Chapman wrote:
>> My 15in 1Ghz TiBook spends most of its life with the lid closed,
>> driving an
>> external Cinema Display. Is this a safe operating mode for extended
>> periods
>> or will it generate more heat this way? The case doesn't feel hot at
>> all to
>> the touch. TIA.
>
>as long is the unit isn't hot to the youch, I wouldn't worry... although
>I thought that the ability to drive an ext monitor was disabled with
>10.2
>
>btw, would you like to give me your cinema display? :-D

I don't know about 10.2.0 but this functionality works like a charm in
10.2.3 and now 10.2.5 albeit I have a DVI port and a DVI-to-ADC adapter.

Sorry - I'm definitely keeping the display! It's only a week old and it's
23 inches of sheer bliss. No-one else is allowed within a 6ft radius of it.

Simon




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