That's a remarkably good point. I was about to reply that it should be fine, I've done it with about all of my laptops, but they've all been business grade systems.
So home grade or Toshiba anything, probably not. :) -----Original Message----- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2016 2:19 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] laptop 24/7 Provided it's a business grade laptop, it'll be fine. Home grade, probably not. T On 18/12/2016 3:13 PM, Winterlight wrote: > I am currently in temporary quarters for the next couple of months. > With my WS I never turned anything off it would run untill I had to > reboot for updates. I have sent up a temporary office using a Lenovo > Edge I7 Quad core, my good mechanical keyboard, mouse and a 24 inch > monitor. The laptop is plugged in and sitting on a Thermaltake giant > fan laptop cooler. I turn it on in the morning and turn it off at > night. I would like to just let it run all night as I want it to keep > checking mail, and be ready to use when I turn the monitor back on in > the morning rather then having to boot up, and set everything up > again. Does it hurt a laptop to let it run like this 24/7? Thanks > >
