It's interesting, Qualcomm brands these as "always on, always connected" and I didn't quite get what that meant until recently. It truly means that these are a

It's interesting, Qualcomm brands these as "always on, always connected" and I didn't quite get what that meant until recently. It truly means that these are almost more like phones/tablets than traditional laptops. Closing the lid does not halt the OS and put the CPU into a low-power mode, just like your phone it only blanks the display. So your "apps" (programs) can still execute. Great that there's minimal latency to checking email or similar stuff.