Can I hold my laptop vertically while laying down?

[RESmonkey]

I would be laying down on my bed, laptop opened wide, and it would be almost vertical having it's back on my knees (my legs are curled up).

Is that bad for the laptop?

 

[IlllI]

i dont see how, unless its putting extra stress on the hinges. what i would be more cautious about is blocking some of the air vents. some are underneath

 

[TheStu]

I do it rather regularly with my macbook, no problems I can detect.

 

[corkyg]

No problem at all - the HP docking station puts it at about a 45 degree anlge.

 

[Woofmeister]

I'd avoid running any CDs or DVDs if you have a built-in optical drive, but otherwise, no.

 

[heymrdj]

It puts stress on the hinges, so i wouldn't bounce it around too much (no pr0n ) or it could loosen the hinges. Otherwise, nah no issues, i do it all the time.

 

[ColKurtz]

If it's on your knees then it will be moving around a lot, which *IS* bad for the disk, regardless of its orientation.

 

[TheStu]

Originally posted by: ColKurtz
If it's on your knees then it will be moving around a lot, which *IS* bad for the disk, regardless of its orientation.

How do you figure that it is going to be moving around a lot? If it is moved to the vertical orientation and then more or less stays in the same place, it should be fine, especially if the laptop has a sudden motion sensor.

 

[ColKurtz]

Originally posted by: TheStu

Originally posted by: ColKurtz
If it's on your knees then it will be moving around a lot, which *IS* bad for the disk, regardless of its orientation.

..."more or less stays in the same place"...

"More or less" has significance. You've got aluminum platters spinning at near the speed of sound. Any motion that is not parallel with the axis of the platters will impart stress on the drive. Many major vendors come with technology that spins down the drive (ie IBM's "airbag") when the machine is moved, for this very reason.