Classic Apple overengineering. Every other laptop I know of just uses a single lid switch. It reminds me of their mouse that has capacitive buttons and a speaker to produce clicking sounds.

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methyl 7 days ago | parent | next [-]

I wish more laptop producers overengineered their products the way Apple does.

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userbinator 6 days ago | parent [-]

Expensive, complex, and difficult to repair?

Do not want.

	▲	methyl 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		Reliable (ie. can open after 2 weeks of sleep with full battery)

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weebull 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

My framework 12 has a similar sensor. It tells to UI when to disable the keyboard and track pad because you've got it in tablet mode.

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xanderlewis 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Are you talking about the MacBook trackpad, or something else?

	▲	userbinator 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		This mouse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Mighty_Mouse