I carry my macbook around all day long at school while it's asleep. Am I damaging it?

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I carry my macbook around all day long at school while it's asleep. Am I damaging it?

I've had a pro for a little over a month now. For the past couple weeks it's been lagging during startup and general activity of different applications (even safari). I only use it for school and music, nothing too crazy.

I'm wondering, could it be that its slow performance is due to my carrying it around in my backpack all day long on sleep? Come to think of it, I rarely even shut it down. Am I overworking it? What should I be doing differently? Any other tips on keeping it running smoothly for as long as I can?

Thanks!

MacBook Pro, iOS 7.0.2

Posted on Oct 2, 2013 9:51 PM

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nbar

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Oct 2, 2013 9:56 PM in response to Mineira

"I'm wondering, could it be that its slow performance is due to my carrying it around in my backpack all day long on sleep? "

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Oct 2, 2013 10:07 PM in response to Mineira

Dont do that.

Mac laptops have been known to mysteriously turn on when in sleep mode and get extremely hot. It seems to happen more when the unit is carried around too--like in a backpack. sudden motion sensor.

As Jason, a member here notes:

"On my old Santa Rosa MacBook Pro I definitely had a few incidents where the machine woke up in my bag as the lid had been falsely opened in transportation."

😊

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1935

Ive never experienced same because I would never pack around a laptop with a platter drive while it still has power running thru the system.