what I heard... is it true?

[Mark Phillips]

I have been running Dell Vostro 1520 laptop for about 5 years practically
non-stop without any issues. I have cleaned dust bunnies out the fan a
couple of times. YMMV with other laptops.

Mark
On Sep 20, 2014 3:29 AM, "Jon Kettenhofen" <subs at kexsof.com> wrote:

> Actually, not sure Tripp Lite makes great usps
> but not sure about the isobar.  If it's big or heavy, then
> probably a UPS.
>
> On 09/19/2014 04:08 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>
>> Tripp Light Isobars.....  is that a type of power strip?
>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 11:51 AM, <techlists at phpcoderusa.com
>> <mailto:techlists at phpcoderusa.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>     I hope to get more than 3 out of mine.
>>
>>
>>
>>     On 2014-09-19 13:08, Stephen Partington wrote:
>>
>>         Well that could simply be the fact that they used substandard
>>         capacitors and part for the ethernet, and as such it failed over
>>         time.
>>         manufactures consider laptops to be pretty disposable after 2-3
>>         years,
>>         any older and they tend to get squirrely.
>>
>>         On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Michael Havens
>>         <bmike1 at gmail.com <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com>>
>>         wrote:
>>
>>             That explains the fan but not the internet switch.
>>
>>             :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>>             On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Stephen Partington
>>             <cryptworks at gmail.com <mailto:cryptworks at gmail.com>> 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
>>             <bmike1 at gmail.com <mailto:bmike1 at gmail.com>>
>>             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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