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(hopefully this isn't my dumbest post ever...  )
several months each winter, my desk gets bathed in direct sunlight;
so, my powerbook (plus my external drives, and some other peripherals) are in the sun several hours each day.
is this bad? is there anything to worry about, or...?
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"At first, there was Nothing. Then Nothing inverted itself and became Something.
And that is what you all are: inverted Nothings...with potential" (Sun Ra)
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In direct sunlight, metal objects (like an aluminum skin laptop) will get hot and subject the inner circuitry, screen etc to un-necessary heat. Plastic items like the laptop screen, peripheral enclosures, cabling etc can indeed be damaged by ongoing direct sun exposure.
Why not play it safe and get a shade or curtain?
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Originally Posted by rjt1000 
In direct sunlight, metal objects (like an aluminum skin laptop) will get hot and subject the inner circuitry, screen etc to un-necessary heat. Plastic items like the laptop screen, peripheral enclosures, cabling etc can indeed be damaged by ongoing direct sun exposure.
Why not play it safe and get a shade or curtain?
yeah...
only roommies forget sometimes to close curtains when i am not here.
anyway, good info, thanx!
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"At first, there was Nothing. Then Nothing inverted itself and became Something.
And that is what you all are: inverted Nothings...with potential" (Sun Ra)
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I've noticed that my MBP, doesn't get get hot when left in the sun at all... Aluminium tends to reflect IR from the sun.
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Depending on the kind of windows you have the sun coming in through, this could be a minor irritation or nothing at all. Double-pane, thermal windows will only let (mostly) visible light in, so they should not be a problem. Older, single-pane windows let almost everything in, and that can be a bit of a hassle.
You could always just put a light cover over everything, like a small tablecloth or something, and not worry about it (or roomies) at all.
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