unix laptop question: closing the lid

[Strata Rose Chalup]

Robert (and others),

The heat issue is definitely something I'm concerned about, and 
plan to at least partially address by making sure that the screen,
with heat-generating backlight, is off while the laptop runs.

I have a small wire rack, originally sold for cooling baked goods,
in the bag with each of my Thinkpads.  I run them on the cooling 
rack, since the bottom right-hand area gets so incredibly warm,
especially when the air temps are in the high 70's or above
.
Also, with the wire feet of the cooling rack turned outward, the
surface of the rack provides an extra measure of protection for
the laptop in the bag.

cheers,
Strata

Robert Hajime Lanning wrote:
> 
> The original question was stating that this machine would be a server sitting
> on a table.

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