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Longest time leaving computer on without restart?
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nickw311
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Jan 16, 2007, 01:08 PM
 
I have iStat Pro as a widget and I sometimes try to see how long I can leave my computer on without a restart. Right now it has been almost 13 days and I am thinkin of restarting it. My Firefox crashes occasionally on sites with embedded video and I uninstalled a program a few days ago.

What is the longest anyone has kept track of their computer being on continuously?
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skucera
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Jan 16, 2007, 01:22 PM
 
I regularly let my PB run for at leaast 2 weeks at a time, but don't have any specific numbers at this point.
     
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Jan 16, 2007, 01:26 PM
 
Only 13 days? Lightweight.



I know most of my regularly used machines have been up for at least a month at a time, only needing reboots for Apple updates or other software installations.

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Jan 16, 2007, 01:41 PM
 
My G5 usually goes about a month before a restart.

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nickw311  (op)
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Jan 16, 2007, 01:42 PM
 
Yeah I know, it is suprisingly stably for being on this long. The only reason I really want to reboot is because I uninstalled a program and like once a day I get a pop up message regarding the program.
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