will the new 2012 MBA continue

[Nychot]

to download mountain lion with the lid closed, so i can go to sleep?

 

[Cicatrix]

sleep.... sleeeep. sleeeeeeeeep.

 

[asting]

to download mountain lion with the lid closed, so i can go to sleep?

I think that's what power nap does haha, which is a feature of the new OS. Just use caffiene or manually adjust the power settings to never go to sleep and turn off your backlight by turning your brightness to 0.

 

[KPOM]

to download mountain lion with the lid closed, so i can go to sleep?

It would be nice, for sure.

That said, it isn't out of the question that a future version will enable this. Supposedly Mountain Lion will download system updates during Power Nap.

 

[mikkker007]

If you're not sure........ just power down the screen..........