I'm digressing but I've always been curious why people want to use the closed-lid mode. All it does seems to be saving a some desktop space. I place my laptop beneath an external monitor, this way I get a very good second display, a nice keyboard, and a very nice extra touchpad for scrolling and all kinds of multitouch gestures. Probably has benefits cooling the machine as well.
In my office I run lid closed because I have 3 nice large monitors and I don't really have room for a fourth. It's nicer to have three displays that match in size and resolution than 2+1 that doesn't.
