Allegedly, on or about 18 July 2017, Tom Killian sent:
The machine can overheat with the display running and the lid closed.
On *some* laptops they can overheat when the laptop is running and the
lid is closed (because some of the cooling venting is being blocked by
the screen/lid). You need to be cautious about leaving a laptop running
in that state.
If you can feel airflow anywhere where the lid would cover up, I
definitely wouldn't close the lid on that laptop and leave it running.
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When it comes to electronics, I'm slightly biased.