Using a MacBook on its "back"?

[BoogieTrain]

Hello everone. I have a MacBook, purchased in Aug 2008, so its the plastic bodied one, 2.0 Ghz etc (the cheapest one). When I'm in my room i perfer to use the laptop hooked up to my external mouse, keyboard, and monitor and I keep the laptop folded and on the keyboard drawer of my desk (the keyboard is on top of the desk). What I do is use InsomniaX, shut the lid flip the macbook so its sitting on the screen side plug in my stuff, and then redetect displays and everything is fine. I was wondering if there are any "problems" with my doing this? Perhaps I should sleep the laptop before and after flipping it cuz the hdd is running? Perhaps sitting the laptop on its screen is no good? Offer your thoughts/comments, thanks I flip it upside down so that the "bottom" is exposed to the air and wont get as hot.

 

[shady825]

as long as your not slamming it down and as long as the hard drive isn't "working" you should be ok.

 

[Beric]

I thought I'd heard something about how not using your Macbook in its normal, upright position could affect your cooling system, but this is an unverified claim. Anyone else?

 

[BoogieTrain]

does the "cooling" component of having the macbook flipped over make much of a difference? its less convientent to flip it over all the time, especially if I get a video chat invite.