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[–] 48 points 7 months ago (17 children)

why the lid thing tho? you can just disable lid detection and it'll not suspend even after closing.

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  • [–] 28 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Makes me think of the time I was running a stripped down laptop motherboard as a server for a while. Was given a laptop with a broken screen, but it had a wired NIC, so I pulled the screen off, along with any other component that wasn't necessary, and shoved it behind a TV where it was close to the router. Ran on that thing for years before being able to afford better equipment.

    An underrated feature of the laptop server: built-in UPS!

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  • [–] 24 points 7 months ago (11 children)

    Some laptops vent the hot air in a way that's blocked if the lid is closed.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    You could remove the laptop screen like I did with my home server. Although you'll have to put it very close to the router to get a WiFi signal afterwards.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

    Why would u do that other than maybe saving space? Leaving it open would have been easier and the same thing.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    The screen was broken so it was just wasting space. It also made it easier to move around because I had to close the lid to slide it in place then open the lid so it gets airflow.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago*

    Fair enough if it's broken.

    Personally, I'd live with the (small) hassle of having the screen attached (in general), because being able to use it still could be a life saver one day (and in such cases, having to reattach a screen or plug into another external one if possible would be way more annoying).

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    makes sense. thinking again, i think my old macbook also did that..

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  • [+] -8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Do you think that people that are using a laptop as a server know how to do that?

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