Storing MBP in colder Enviornment

Question

I live in Minnesota so its cold during the winters. I have a room downstairs and i have an egress window next to my bed which is where i store my MacBook Pro. I store it in a Targus case and it feels cold whenever i take it out to use it, i haven't had any problems with it so far but im curious if there are problems with starting it up when its cold?

Answer 1

What those specs mean is that the machine itself should be above 50°F when you turn it on. If it's been stored at a lower temperature, it will need to warm up before you turn it on. In practice, that means you need to store it at 50° or higher if you'll want to use it on short notice, because you have no way of measuring its internal temperatures until after it's turned on. So put an accurate thermometer beside it wherever you store it tonight, and in the morning look at the thermometer to see how you did.
Of course when the temp gets down to -45° outside later in the winter, you'll probably have to store the computer somewhere other than under the window to keep it above 50°.