Larry:
I have a 15" ALbook 1.25GHz that I routinely use as a laptop / desktop. Presently, as a desktop, it is jacked into a 22" LCD Cinema display (via Apple's DVI to ADC adapter) and a USB keyboard / mouse. The following will go for an external VGA as well.
Some thoughts on this configuration:
-- Usually when I am ready to use as a desktop, I make sure the system is already booted up and in OS X. Then I close the lid, putting it in pseudo-sleep mode; -- I then plug in the monitor via the DVI adapter, along with the USB connector (the keyboard and mouse are plugged into the USB on the Cinema Display) -- Then I plug in any firewire devices -- Then the audio connector -- And lastly the power connector.
What I have found is that the powerbook does not "wake up" from sleep until I do the last step, i.e., plug in the power supply. It appears the powerbook WILL NOT allow a docked configuration just running off the battery.
Specifically it's the monitor it doesn't allow to be used while on battery power.
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