So which PowerBooks can operate with their lids closed and are actually intended to do so?

I know that the Pismo will operate with it's lid closed.

I know that you can make the Wallstreet operate with it's lid closed, but it isn't supported in that configuration and my overheat.

What about other PowerBooks?

Anyone care to offer?

Thanks,
Drew
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actually any modern powerbook will operate with their hood close as long as there is something plugged into their monitor-out port.

and i don't see how having the lid closed on the pismo would cause it to over-heat, no heat is dissipated through the top, all vents are along the side. in its proper on-while-closed state, the LCD is off, but everything else is functioning.

On both my pismo and my tibook, I did get heat through the keyboard, but not enough to kill the LCD, but I still had mine operating partially or fully open, even in external-only mode, as seen here: http://ueberwiki.hopto.org/index.php/Image:Anotherolddesk.jpg and here: http://ueberwiki.hopto.org/index.php/Image:Pic06032.jpg

It's only ever useful if the LCD dies.
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My PowerBook 1400 will operate with the lid closed, but it will automatically go to sleep when you shut it, so you have to stick something like a ruler in to press a key.

Although it did go through a phase where it would not go to sleep at all with the lid shut. Might be a PRAm issue as it is fine now.

With OS 9 and lower you can use the Insomnia extension included on the OS discs (and maybe on the Apple website?.) It prevented systems from going to sleep during installation.
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On both the first-gen (867 MHz) 12" PowerBook G4 and the first-gen (2.0 GHz Core Duo) MacBook Pro, it is an advertised feature to work in "lid-closed" mode. On both, there is a requirement of having something plugged into the monitor-out, and being plugged into wall power. In addition, you need some way to wake the computer up, since both machines go to sleep when the lid is closed.

On the PowerBook, a USB or Bluetooth keyboard and/or mouse works fine. On the MacBook Pro, a USB or Bluetooth keyboard and/or mouse, or the infrared Apple Remote will do the job. Obviously, for both machines, to use Bluetooth to wake it up, you have to have "Allow Bluetooth devices to wake this computer" checked in the Bluetooth System Preference pane.

I know that the entire run of G3 iBooks cannot be run in lid-closed mode without a software hack. Not positive about the G4 iBooks.

Aluminum Powerbooks can do it.