Dead1nside
Well-Known Member
It prevents the rather powerful spring-loaded hinge from flying open and smacking the lid on the desk![]()
Hadn't thought about that. Bit annoying that it'll then prevent you from moving it to 180, if you wanted to (unless you take it off).
It's perhaps a small thing, but something which I think will be very noticeable in daily use, and hinders its uses as multi-purpose device. For example, I wanted to use it for ebook reading and annotating, which I'm not going to do flat on a table. Or watching a movie, as another example.
However, it seems there were legitimate (stupid patents again) issues with the hinge. I did go a long, long time without realising that you could only really lock it at 180.