A Laptop Can Keep Working in the Background After You Put It to Sleep
Last November, I drove three hours to my parents for Thanksgiving with my laptop asleep in a backpack in the trunk. When I pulled it out, the bottom felt like a plate fresh from the dishwasher, and the battery had fallen from 92 percent to 79 percent. Nothing had crashed. The laptop had simply kept […]
A Hot Car Can Ruin a Laptop in One Afternoon
You park at noon, tuck the laptop bag behind the passenger seat, and come back four hours later. The steering wheel is too hot to hold, and the aluminum lid of your laptop feels like it has been sitting on a stove. The laptop was switched off the whole time, so it should be fine. […]