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Old 25th October 2008
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My laptop often runs for at least 4 hours a day, sometimes 8-12 without shutdown, and no explosions yet ;-) but I do take good care not to block the ventilation ports and such. The only bad thing, is the 'palm prints' on the thing from my hands... Whether from heat + pressure or just extreme use, but it's a purely cosmetic issue (cheap plastic external casing).


Personally if the laptop is capable of proper cooling, and placed in the appropriate environment, I don't see any reason why a laptop can't handle a long uptime. As long as it's properly made and can offer a decent MTBF rate for her parts.


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