• MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
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    3 days ago

    Yes! Very important!

    I remember it being a bit trendy to turn old laptops into desktops by just unplugging the display and plugging peripherals into them, but people were finding that the keyboard actually was designed as another heat escape, so running them with the lids closed wasn’t so great!

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      3 days ago

      There’s people who gut them and build a nice wood-and-allu mini-pc (not me, too lazy, would order a case).