Closing the screen.

I'm a recent convert from a windows based system after many many years.. My question is this, on my old dell laptop, i was able to configure windows xp to allow me to close the screen without the computer going into sleep mode. I am wondering if it is possible to do this with my powerbook. Thank you very much.
Les

Hi, Les, and welcome to Apple Discussions. Your Powerbook is designed to sleep when closed as a defense against overheating and cooking its display, which would be particularly likely if you were to carry the PB in a padded bag or backpack while it was running. Under those same conditions, your hard drive would be extremely vulnerable to damage because its heads wouldn't be parked, and any jolt or jar could crash them into the data surface. You can't circumvent this design feature unless you have an external monitor, keyboard and mouse connected to the Powerbook. See this article:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86286
There are some extremely ill-advised third-party hacks that can prevent display-closed sleep. I urge you strongly to avoid them if you value your Powerbook.

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