yes it can ...an app called insomnia X or something like that...... my ibook g4 stays "awake" for like 5 minutes with the lid closed then it goes to sleep..... weird....

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Be glad yours even sleeps when yours closes. Mine won't sleep unless I tell it too. I doubt there is a magnet in here to tell it its lid is closed because there is marks all around the edge like the guy cracked it open to replace a few things.