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No sleep mode??
I have an inexpensive HP laptop (F730US)
For various reasons I am considering leaving my laptop always on (sleep and hibernate modes turned off). My question is, if I do that would I be significantly reducing the life of my computer? Any other pluses or minuses? Thanks in advance... Bob |
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No sleep mode??
Bob Newman wrote:
I have an inexpensive HP laptop (F730US) For various reasons I am considering leaving my laptop always on (sleep and hibernate modes turned off). My question is, if I do that would I be significantly reducing the life of my computer? Depends on the design of that laptop and how hot it gets in the hottest weather. Some laptops do get stinking hot in the hottest weather if the house isnt airconditioned etc. Any other pluses or minuses? If it catches fire when you arent around to notice that, it can burn the house down etc. |
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No sleep mode??
Sounds like you're saying it should be okay in an air conditioned house. Am
I right? Bob "Rod Speed" wrote in message ... Bob Newman wrote: I have an inexpensive HP laptop (F730US) For various reasons I am considering leaving my laptop always on (sleep and hibernate modes turned off). My question is, if I do that would I be significantly reducing the life of my computer? Depends on the design of that laptop and how hot it gets in the hottest weather. Some laptops do get stinking hot in the hottest weather if the house isnt airconditioned etc. Any other pluses or minuses? If it catches fire when you arent around to notice that, it can burn the house down etc. |
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No sleep mode??
On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:44:46 -0400, "Bob Newman"
wrote: I have an inexpensive HP laptop (F730US) For various reasons I am considering leaving my laptop always on (sleep and hibernate modes turned off). My question is, if I do that would I be significantly reducing the life of my computer? Any other pluses or minuses? Thanks in advance... Bob Depends on how you define life. If we ignored damage or wear that comes from transportation and accidents like dropping one, you should expect a similar number of running hours if the load were the same. That's the same lifespan in use, but not in calendar years. For example if you left it sitting turned on 24/7 then after a week you may have worn away as much of the lifespan as some would put on it in several years time. On the other hand after a few years those people would have to buy a new battery since those degrade even if just sitting on a shelf. I think the viability of leaving it on depends on how important your reasons are for leaving it on. Desktops are typically more reliable for total # of running hours, among other things they tend to have higher quality PSU and better cooling, as well as being less expensive to repair if they ever did break. Laptop fan itself isn't likely to last a long time if your use has it always running at moderate to high RPM, and tight air passages make it all the more important to regularly clean the dust out. The plusses are that it's small and laptops by default tend to have more power management options and features so it may consume less power, lowering your energy bill and heating up the room less. A desktop can be made towards the same end, but most aren't since they aren't expected to run on batteries except maybe a few minutes on an UPS during a power outtage. I suspect a laptop hard drive won't last for as many spinning hours either, but I have no direct evidence of this. If the use is a low write cycle scenario you might try using a Compact Flash card as an SSD (if not a real SSD due to cost constraints) instead of mechanical hard drive. Ultimately unless you're really tight on space to store a computer, the only thing the laptop necessarily has going for it is that you already have it instead of possibly having to buy another system to do the job.... though today with multicore desktops, one might serve more roles without as significant an impact on it's overall performance in it's primary roles. |
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Bob Newman wrote:
Sounds like you're saying it should be okay in an air conditioned house. Not with particularly badly designed laptops. Should be fine with that one tho. Am I right? Partly. And it obviously depends on whether you leave the AC on all the time, even when you are of the house all day etc. Rod Speed wrote Bob Newman wrote I have an inexpensive HP laptop (F730US) For various reasons I am considering leaving my laptop always on (sleep and hibernate modes turned off). My question is, if I do that would I be significantly reducing the life of my computer? Depends on the design of that laptop and how hot it gets in the hottest weather. Some laptops do get stinking hot in the hottest weather if the house isnt airconditioned etc. Any other pluses or minuses? If it catches fire when you arent around to notice that, it can burn the house down etc. |
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No sleep mode??
"Rod Speed" wrote in message ... Bob Newman wrote: I have an inexpensive HP laptop (F730US) For various reasons I am considering leaving my laptop always on (sleep and hibernate modes turned off). My question is, if I do that would I be significantly reducing the life of my computer? Depends on the design of that laptop and how hot it gets in the hottest weather. Some laptops do get stinking hot in the hottest weather if the house isnt airconditioned etc. Any other pluses or minuses? If it catches fire when you arent around to notice that, it can burn the house down etc. And we've all seen that this is not just an improbable and theoretical scenario. So if it were me, I'd remove the battery to avoid this. And get a smoke detector |
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