Transporting Mac in Sleep mode

[DoctorPeppers]

I just bought a Macbook Pro not even a month ago and its my first Mac. Since school has officially started i had a couple questions regarding my MBP. Basically i'm wondering if its harmful to carry my MBP while its in sleep mode. I carry it in my backpack (which has a sleeve for laptops) and i was to make sure i'm not damaging the HDD or any other hardware since its being shifted around while technically powered on. I figured apple would have taken this all into consideration since Macbooks are so popular among students. But can anyone give me any input on this. I really dont want to damage my $1600+ investment. thanks

 

[r.j.s]

It's fine. I sleep mine to carry to work.

 

[celticpride678]

Carrying the notebook in sleep mode is perfectly fine. Just make sure it went to sleep and stays in sleep.

 

[soms]

That's exactly what sleep mode was designed for. What I do is make sure it powers down though before I put it in the sleeve or whatever you are carrying it in. One time it must have frozen or something and it was running in closed mode for 20-30 minutes in a sleeve, was hot

 

[m85476585]

Make sure it is done going into safe sleep before you move it, or you might damage the hard drive. You can tell because the front light will start flashing.

 

[Vster]

That's exactly what sleep mode was designed for. What I do is make sure it powers down though before I put it in the sleeve or whatever you are carrying it in. One time it must have frozen or something and it was running in closed mode for 20-30 minutes in a sleeve, was hot

Same here, I didn't make sure it went to sleep and this sucker got really hot. Still works great though