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> I think any normal user would think that closing the lid puts the laptop into a state where putting it in a bag is entirely safe to do.

Closing the lid does not necessarily turn the laptop off at all (by design). I think most people have had that experience. In fact the lid may be closed with the laptop fully on.

In any case, they make is explicit and clear exactly to avoid any such assumption.

The title is obviously clickbait because of course you can put your Dell laptop in a bag and of course that does not void the warranty.



Most people I know are not techincal and think that closing the lapton shuts it down, or something equivalent and I don't think any of them knows anything about Modern Standby. But I agree title could have been more clear if it included a reference to stand by.


No it's not clickbait.

Weird that you're angrier about a headline than a warranty being voided by putting a laptop in a bag.




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