Do the seasons affect the product?

I was thinking a bit and have a question for the resellers/builders. The laptop will always be perfect before being shipped out right? Therefore if it arrives with a dead pixel/malfunction, will that mean that along the way something must have happened to cause the problem? Now, will having very cold temperatures like during winter time affect the product during shipping? Do you guys get more dead pixels during winter than summer?

I also remembered a friend telling me that if I just brought my computer/laptop home from outside and if the weather was really cold, I should wait a bit until the laptop/desktop settles at room temperature before plugging it in and turning it on. Any thoughts on all this? Thanks!

 

I cannot answer your first question as I'm not a reseller/builder.

In regards to the second question, waiting until any hardware is room temp, is a safe precaution.

Supposedly, what *can* happen is any kind of moisture in the air will condense forming tiny water droplets which may cause problems if they touch something which also is holding a current. Think of a tall glass of ice water in a hot, humid environment. As the moisture in the air strikes the cool glass, it condenses forming water. So, by letting any electronics to sit at room temp moisture has a less chance of condensing.

Now, I've never seen this happen myself, but was told a long time ago I should just be patient, wait for the components to come to room temperature to avoid any condensation issues.

 

Hey,
The first part of your question depends on the company. For us we screen all screens for stuck on pixels, and for any large visable pixel issues, and if you get the dead pixel policy then 4 guys and a magnifying glass inspect the screen to make sure its perfect. So in those cases yea, of course it leaves perfect, and yea sometimes they show up with issues. However, we haven't seen any specific correlation to the temperature and issues with pixels. The second part, yea if you get your laptop from the outside cold, to prevent condensation issues you should leave it an hour or two to allow it to warm up before you turn it on.

 

Keep this below in mind depending on how close to a major cold weather event it was shipped.

Extreme temperatures:
If it is shipped all across the USA in extreme heat / cold then the battery could suffer and other parts that is not supposed to get below freezing when running and -10C/10F if powered off.
Most shipping company's just throw it in the back of a truck and truck it 5 days in freezing weather.

Shipping:
So if you can air ship it if possible or more than say 1000 miles / 1500km in the USA then it has a better chance of lasting longer.
This way you have a better chance of it actually arriving on time vs trapped in a snow storm or truck having accident on black ice.
Confirm this / other shipping with your seller for best options.

Shipping route:
Also try to figure out if shipped form this location to you it would likely follow this route through this pass on a high mountain that has snow and would likely experience extreme cold during that part of the road. How can you get around this problem.

Battery does not like extreme heat / extreme cold, ie: if your naked body would not like that temperature then your battery or laptop also would not like that temperature.
Do not leave it in a automobile in above 30C ~ 97F or below 10C / 40F about as this will kill the battery over a few days. 97F outside can make a car reach 140F~160F when standing in the sun.
Driving long distances in freezing weather with the heater on has frozen a turtle in a small water container inside my car very sad 2004/2005 Xmas.

Etc, etc, etc, .... you get the general idea.

Smart friend let it get closer to room temp, for your mobile phone, laptop, ....