Hi Ricardo: Here's an interesting: If you leave mail open, at least with my mbp, it keeps right on going, even if I close the lid. Perhaps what I consider a funny glitch might be helpful for you.:)
On Nov 18, 2010, at 2:33 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > 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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