[54bg45b45b]

I may not have been clear and you may have misunderstood. If you use the laptop as apple intends, there is no issue usually. But the problem is what apple intends is very rigid and there is no room for edge cases at all.

So, to replicate you only need to ensure the laptop stays on while the lid is closed. In my case I was using the laptop as a white noise machine for months.

A few weeks in I opened the lid and noticed burn in. I tried to find ways to manually turn the LCD off but I could find no verifiable way to do this. The only solution I ended up with was running that screen saver with the wavy colors.

The LCD screen does NOT turn off when the lid is closed. Only the backlight, which will NOT prevent burn in.

I am positive all mac laptops are suicidal.

[kaba0]

They are not good at being suicidal given that they have a blooming second/third-market and many people happily use them for years-on-end.