I have a laptop that is on 14 - 16 hours a day everyday for maybe 4 years. I took the battery out of it long ago in the hopes of salvaging it. No problems so far with either the battery or the laptop. I hear about all the hardware failures... I have been blessed not to experience but a couple in 26 years. I often wonder if most hardware failures are due to unfiltered power. I use Tripp Light Isobars. Any thoughts on this? On 2014-09-19 11:53, Stephen Partington wrote: > At one time this was very true, and in some ways it can still be true. > parts like the fans wear out, and due to the space constraints in a > laptop this is more critical, and there are some thermal > considerations to think about as well. but as long as you are giving > decent airflow around the laptop, and you are prepared to swap a fan > sooner than later it should have no real impact on the hardware. > > I run mine for work 9+ hours straight and the previous one i had did > this for 4.4 years before it finally got weird enough to be replaced. > > I would most definitely enable power savings on your monitor because > that screan can suffer from burnout, and its not as easy to replace as > a monitor. > > On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 9:37 AM, Michael Havens > wrote: > >> I read on another board that it was bad to leave a laptop on 24/7 Is >> that so? If it is I guess that is why my laptop is having problems! >> >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss [1] > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > > > > Links: > ------ > [1] http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss