Up time duration

Hello!

I wan't to ask for opinions and experience.

How long is too long? most of the days I have my laptop running for 10 -11 hours...I don't like to turn it on in the morning and then turn it off at night, because then my laptop is on for 13-15 hours.
Is there a difference between 13 hours and 10 hours?
Does longer means shortening MTBF?


According to my laptop failure times, 10 hours each day equals 5.5 years...although I am not sure how accurate it is.

Thanks for your help!

Senteaf said:

Hello!

I wan't to ask for opinions and experience.

How long is too long? most of the days I have my laptop running for 10 -11 hours...I don't like to turn it on in the morning and then turn it off at night, because then my laptop is on for 13-15 hours.
Is there a difference between 13 hours and 10 hours?
Does longer means shortening MTBF?


According to my laptop failure times, 10 hours each day equals 5.5 years...although I am not sure how accurate it is.

Thanks for your help!

No such thing as too long. A pc should be re-booted occasionally to clear memory and pagefile but there is no finite amount.

Many people leave it on for days at a time. The difference between 13 and 10 is three hours thats all. Not relevant to the grand scheme of things.

MTBF is the average time between problems (failures). the longer the computer is on the shorter the time till the next problem

richc46
Why would it cause damage?
Why doesn't it cause damage these days?
I mean, obviously keeping any electronic device on for too long will harm it, and gradually reduce its lifetime.
So I have to disagree.

Keeping it on during the night is unnecessary, you don't use it, and as I said before it is only going to cause problems.


zigzag3143
You said it yourself, "the longer the computer is on the shorter the time till the next problem", you can't keep any electronic device on forever, there will be failures.
And I am not talking about "clearing memory" but hardware failures.

I Just hate it when people tell me things that I do not understand.

But thanks anyway.

Senteaf said:

I Just hate it when people tell me things that I do not understand.

But thanks anyway.

This is pretty much a useless exercise. There are ppl who will tell you to leave it on and those who will say dont. Were I you, I would do what I wanted.

Okay thank you!

And thanks for the HowStuffWorks link!