See, and here I feel the exact opposite. If it’s docked I don’t want it going to sleep just because I closed the lid. I still want to be able to use the two screens that are attached and in use!

[–] baropithecus@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If a screen is connected that's another thing, though even that can lead to overheating. For example, a lot of modern laptops suck in air through the keyboard and having the lid closed while working messes up their thermal performance, and heats up the screen to an unhealthy degree.

But having it wake up and try installing an update while sitting in a bag, closed and disconnected from a screen, is a straight up fire hazard, and it happened to me multiple times with windows laptops.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Oh yeah for sure. If only we had “bag detection” I would agree.

I’d argue that an overheating when the lid is closed not in a bag is a major design flaw.

I’ve never seen it but I mostly see business laptops not gaming or consumer laptops so shitty designs are out there I’m sure.