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Clickbaity title. It says

> Under no circumstances should you leave a laptop powered on and in any sleep/hibernate/standby mode when placed in a bag, backpack, or in an overhead bin. The PC will overheat as a result of that action. Any resulting damage will not be covered by the Dell warranty.

Now how a hibernated laptop could overheat..




I leave my MacBook’s lid closed for a week and I can open it to maybe 5% battery drain.

The article should explicitly state…

> Under no circumstances should you leave a Windows laptop in any sleep/hibernate/standby mode when placed in a bag

…because other, more competent, manufacturers have figured this out. Windows and their OEMs simply suck, there is no sugarcoating it.


Submitted title was "Putting a DELL XPS laptop in a bag voids its warranty". We've changed it to a shortened version of what you quoted. Thanks!


The page has been edited and no longer mentions warranty at all.




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