[wlesieutre]

I do think it's the better way to put it, just interesting to note that this is where it flipped.

Couldn't say what the original intent was, I guess if you leave the laptop closed on your desk when you aren't using it that would be nicer to look at? But realistically I'd see it that way for about half a second between closing the laptop and sticking it in a bag.

[nlunbeck]

Iirc it had to do with product designers finding that users would try to open the laptop from the wrong end