Re: what I heard... is it true?

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Author: Michael Havens
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Subject: Re: what I heard... is it true?
That explains the fan but not the internet switch.

:-)~MIKE~(-:

On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 9:53 AM, 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~(-:
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> Stephen
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