I'm very serious. lol. It's about options. For example, I wanted to play music on iTunes with the lid closed today. Shutting the lid put the MBP to sleep and stopped the music. How about another example. Let's say you are performing a task on your computer and need to move location. Are you going to travel with the lid open? I wouldn't recommend it. :). Depending on the situation, you might have to stop the task you were performing. 7 out of 10 times I don't mind the MBP going to sleep when the lid is closed. It's the 3 times that I don't want it to do that that gets under my skin. This is the gift and the curse of Apple though. They make well built, easy to use, dependable products. The thing is you sacrifice choice in many regards. Customization and variety isn't Apples strong suit.
Ricardo Walker [email protected] Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Nov 18, 2010, at 4:10 PM, Carolyn Haas wrote: > Hi Ricardo: > c'mon, you can't be serious. It takes all of 3 seconds to wake up the Mac, > as opposed to at least a couple minutes to pull a pc out of standby. > Personally I find the close-lid sleep a big plus when i'm done working and > just flip it shut and go on my way. I've also had my computer refuse to go > to sleep if more than one app was left open. So, that might be helpful for > those who don't want sleep mode to kick in. > > > On Nov 18, 2010, at 1:53 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > >> I agree, >> >> This lack of basic customization makes me scratch my head. Why assume every >> time a person closes the lid they want to put the computer to sleep? >> >> Ricardo Walker >> [email protected] >> Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 >> Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 >> >> >> >> On Nov 18, 2010, at 3:16 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: >> >>> And it really sicks. I know I've voiced my opiniononthis before but apple >>> really needs to change that. I mean you can just close the lid and put it >>> on your bookshelf and still be able to use it or wht not. I don't see why >>> youcannot or should not be able to configure this. THat's the onlything I >>> love about the other platform I use. I can close the lid and let batch >>> convert files and put it away from me and eat or work on something else. >>> all while the lid is closed. I really wish apple would take that in to >>> consideration in lion or in the next or a next update of os 10.6. >>> >>> On Nov 18, 2010, at 7:04, Ricardo Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Thanks for the info. I don't think anything has changed. I'm using a a >>>> 2010 macbook pro I just got last week. lol. >>>> >>>> Ricardo Walker >>>> [email protected] >>>> Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 >>>> Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Nov 18, 2010, at 9:56 AM, Bryan Jones wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Ricardo - The only way I was ever able to get my macbook or mbp to >>>>> stay awake with the lid closed was to have an external monitor attached. >>>>> When I did that, it worked great and I could access everything, put it to >>>>> sleep, wake it up and restart it using the external USB keyboard, but >>>>> whenever I tried it without an external monitor attached it would awake >>>>> for a couple of seconds and then go right back to sleep. The last macbook >>>>> I had was a late 2008 aluminum model, so maybe things have changed for >>>>> the better on the newer models, I don't know. >>>>> >>>>> HTH, >>>>> Bryan >>>>> >>>>> On Nov 18, 2010, at 6:57 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: >>>>>> When closing the lid of my Macbook pro, the computer automatically goes >>>>>> to sleep. Is there a way to change this behavior? 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