How on earth is a key being pressed on a closed laptop? Bumpy road or not.
2012 MacBook Pro Powers on By Itself on Rough Roads
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Re: 2012 MacBook Pro Powers on By Itself on Rough Roads
#12Why does the laptop power on when the lid is closed? That seems like the design flaw to me. And it could probably be fixed with a software update as well.
Still, not very frontpage worthy IMO.
Re: 2012 MacBook Pro Powers on By Itself on Rough Roads
#13How on earth is a key being pressed on a closed laptop? Bumpy road or not.
The inertia of the keycaps is probably sufficient if the force required to press the key is very low.
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#14One data point doesn't mean it's a design flaw. Most people aren't going to take their MBP offroading, so why should they make compromises just to serve this small, but now vocal minority?
Offroading isn't the only source of bumps - turbulence while flying, public transportation, strapped to a motorcycle on backroads...
I think the point is that when the computer is powered off and the lid is closed, there is absolutely no reason it should ever power on by itself.
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#15Why does the laptop power on when the lid is closed? That seems like the design flaw to me. And it could probably be fixed with a software update as well. Still, not very frontpage worthy IMO.
In this case it's a defect, but in general, people operate their Macbook Pros with the lid closed attached to an external monitor.
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#16A simple check en EFI should be sufficient.
IF (internal_keyboard_button_pressed && screen_closed) IGNORE
Re: 2012 MacBook Pro Powers on By Itself on Rough Roads
#17One data point doesn't mean it's a design flaw. Most people aren't going to take their MBP offroading, so why should they make compromises just to serve this small, but now vocal minority?
Offroading isn't the only source of bumps - turbulence while flying, public transportation, strapped to a motorcycle on backroads... I think the point is that when the computer is powered off and the lid is closed, there is absolutely no reason it should ever power on by itself.
...unless there’s an external screen and keyboard connected.
Re: 2012 MacBook Pro Powers on By Itself on Rough Roads
#18Why does the laptop power on when the lid is closed? That seems like the design flaw to me. And it could probably be fixed with a software update as well. Still, not very frontpage worthy IMO.
In this case it's a defect, but in general, people operate their Macbook Pros with the lid closed attached to an external monitor.
Makes sense, but I doubt many of them operate the built-in keyboard with the lid closed :). Ignoring the keyboard input in this case would be a cheap "fix".
Re: 2012 MacBook Pro Powers on By Itself on Rough Roads
#19One data point doesn't mean it's a design flaw. Most people aren't going to take their MBP offroading, so why should they make compromises just to serve this small, but now vocal minority?
Offroading isn't the only source of bumps - turbulence while flying, public transportation, strapped to a motorcycle on backroads... I think the point is that when the computer is powered off and the lid is closed, there is absolutely no reason it should ever power on by itself.
My Dell Studio 17 won't. The power button is on the side on the hinge of the lid, and it will not power on if the lid is closed.
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#20I keep hearing things like this about the Retina MBPro. Dangit I WANT one, but my spidey sense keeps insisting that this is first round, early adopter technology and that I'll be MUCH happier if I hang onto my early 2008 17" MBPro for another few months or maybe a year until the next laptop line bump from Apple.
As the owner of a first-generation MacBook Pro, I heartily concur. Those things had very high failure rates. My extended family owned 3, and all 3 failed within 3-4 years.