On Monday, February 21, 2005, at 02:28PM, Randy B.Singer <randy at macattorney.com> wrote: [snip] >It is not safe to do with the G3 PowerBooks: >http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=24613#faq5 Yet, I have been running my Pismo (PowerBook (FireWire) 500mhz) with the lid closed for nearly 5 years now. The only time I open the lid is when I bring the PowerBook home on the weekends and decide to use it there. Otherwise, it sits happily under my monitor stand and monitor 24hrs/day. Everything still works fine. -- Nick Scalise nickscalise at mac.com