रञ्जित (Ranjit Mathew)

What’s “modern” about #ModernStandby in #Microsoft #Windows if:

“Under no circumstances should you leave a laptop powered on and in any sleep/hibernate/standby mode when placed in a bag, backpack, or in an overhead bin. The laptop will overheat as a result of that action.”

? 😠

Sep 25, 2021 at 2:20amMastodon for iOS
Show threadरञ्जित (Ranjit Mathew)Sep 25, 2021

👆🏽 from: https://www.dell.com/community/XPS/FAQ-Modern-Standby/td-p/7514448

#WTF #Microsoft #Windows?

#StandBy & #Hibernate are essential features in a #laptop that people take for granted. How can you screw it up so badly for the sake of #telemetry & #indexing? 😒

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28639952

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