Do you regularly fold your laptop?

Hi,

I am interested in knowing if people leave their lids open, or if you close it after (almost) every use.

I myself have left my lid open for about a month now, although the laptop is off 90% of the time.

vote yes if you close it after almost every use.
vote no if you do not close your lid often.

Thanks.

 

I close it when I leave the house for an extended period of time (A couple of hours) or when carrying it from class to class.

 

I close it after each use. I don't like dust or hair getting inside it. I have a cat who sheds all year. =(

 

I only close it when transporting. If I am leaving it on the desk for a while I close it like 1/2 way in case the roof leaks (which it never does but better safe than sorry).

 

er...should the roof leak,I don't think even closing it all the way might help,perhaps should relocate to a safer place? no offense.

 

I do after every use.

 

I never keep the lid open after I am done using it.

 

Same here. Except the cat part
I close the lid every day.

 

It's so the water will drip along the lid and onto the base

 

Pardon me if this is form AW people only, I wait about 10 minutes after power down, close the lid, then close up my roll top desk.
Same reason as TraptPatriot stated above.

 

I close mine regularly. For the amount of cash this thing cost, I wanna get my money's worth, even outta the hinges.....

 

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

 

If i'm done with it yes, keeps the dust out.

 

I close my laptop, and put it in the cloth cover that came with the laptop.

I have a valid reason for doing this....

My wife has 4 cats... 4 hair shedding, claw scratching cats....

 

Id like to close it every time i finish using it, to stop dust ect getting in...but some / most times i forget

 

I carry my M18x on a daily basis so it's closed while transporting. When it's at home on a desk, I never close the lid. Dust can easily be cleaned once in a while. I also almost never turn it off unless transporting.

 

Always shut off, brush of the entire screen and base. Put the wax paper over the keyboard, close. Dust of the top and then the grills and top edge of the screen.

Intense, but after dust went in between the screen and the gloss plastic screen cover with my M15x I don't take any chances. You cant remove that dust apart from replacing the entire screen assembly as it is a "sealed" unit.

 

4 year old son = closed lid after use or likely to come back to some major disaster!

 

Bad parent behaviour: you are limiting the creativity of your son... he can make, at least, two aliens out of one...

 

A dead Alien ripped apart does not equal two Aliens.

 

But... you can be the proud father of your son creativity! It's all about deconstruction and construction...

 

close it to make it go to sleep or hibernate, when open my laptop doesn't go to sleep, only turn off the screen after extended time of inactivity

 

Close it everytime I am done with it.


I'm OCD about it. If I am not using it, it needs to be closed.

 

Close after every use, no real reason why just do.

 

i leave it open, did the same when i had the HP DV5

 

leave open all the time, even when off (doesn't leave the desktop.)

 

I leave mine open but throw a sheet over it sometimes to prevent dust from gathering

 

I close it and put it away in its Alienware Orion case

 

i close it every time i move it over wich is about everyday

 

I close mine everytime i'm done using it.

 

It deserves proper care. Close the lid and put it away every time.

I move around a lot though, it's often sat on kitchen worksurfaces or garden tables so I wouldn't really let it out of my sight unless it was packed away safely.

To be honest, if I actually had a desk and a home (sleeping on sofas right now) I'd probably leave it open and turned the **** ON 24/7 because it certainly makes a room feel more awesome.

 

I couldnt agree more. I havent bought mine yet but after spending what could possibly be 3k on it im treating it better than a new born baby. In fact when i get it its taking my bed and im sleeping on the floor.

 

On Dell.com, when you go to config a new R3, we can add as an accessory a screen protector. Anyone know if there's a way to order that separately?

 

right, be the proud parent of a 4 year old son who's successfully reverse engineered the laptop. just ummm... mind the bits all over the floor.

i always close the lid when leaving it to convert vids as a batch since the entire process can take a while. might as well save the lcd from use.

*edit*
anyone else instantly think they original question was about "folding@home"?
i must be really tired.

 

I close it after every use : )

 

I fold mine every night. I love this thing, but when you turn off the lights, it's as if you just invited a rave light show in your room.

 

HAHA, +1. I thought I was the only one! All of my gaming laptops are 99% as good as new.

 

Yes, All the time except for if I leave it open for the AV to scan because I have the option for the Lid Close Action for Sleep. Else after shut down I will close the lid to keep the dust out.

 

my notebook is always on so i never close its lid

 

Always have the lid closed when not in use, whether I'm in a lecture or at home. Way I see it, screen is protected and laptop is less likely to get knocked off a desk.

 

^^^This but throw in a 2 yr old girl too and im likely to come back and find a chocolate bar or some kind of biscuit jammed in the keyboard and slot loading dvd player.

When i had a PS3, i once came home and found 7, yes SEVEN dvds rammed into the disc drive.

Always, closed, switched off and in its cloth sleeve, in the orion back pack when not in use.

 

Kind of resurrecting an older thread- I keep mine closed all of the time- It's hooked up to the new LED HDTV and I use a Logitech K800 wireless backlit keyboard and a VX Nano mouse. Pics will come soon of my setup.

 

I always close mine, no reason to leave it open as it'll just collect dust and grit.

EDIT "When i had a PS3, i once came home and found 7, yes SEVEN dvds rammed into the disc drive."

OMG bet you flipped!

 

Yeh i was gutted but. Give sony there due, i managed to get all the crap out and the thing worked, for a few months anyway lol!

 

wow, surprising lol glad you made your way to pc gaming tho

 

yeh me too, never thought id get used to M/K combo tho. I actually bought a 360 controller for the laptop to use on black ops because i was getting owned so bad........i got owned even worse.......

Still, used to it now

 

Yes i know what you mean, and now you could probably own any console gamer.