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!

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But it looks like it's sitting on carpet which would definitely block the vents

[–] Typewar 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Truee, didn't see that. But generally just wanted to add to the vibe of these laptop hosters

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

The more I look at it, maybe it's hard flooring. Lol