My wife and I have 2 gaming laptops (MSI and ASUS) and two regular laptops for work (Lenovo and ASUS). All of their speakers fire directly downward to the point where actually using it on our laps makes them nearly inaudible unless cranked up until they sound like crap. Last time I was at a store I checked all of the display models and EVERY ONE OF THEM had downward-facing speakers. This seems so counterproductive to me, but I’m not an engineer so who knows.
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I would add:
The increasing popularity of docks is an incentive to not put speakers where they’d be muffled by a closed lid
Many laptops I’ve opened have the speakers at the bottom, flanking the trackpad. The motherboard usually sits under the keyboard to be close to the screen and the ports up top. So you can have speakers that get muffled by your arms as you type, or you can tell people to use a desk. Which they should anyways for heat.
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