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What is the average uptime of your macbook?
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Join Date: Oct 2006
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How long do you keep your macbook running without it going to sleep or turning it off? What type of wear have you noticed? Any hit in performance or system speeds? What are the reasons that you dont leave it on 24/7? The reason I'm asking this is because my macbook is my only machine and I want to know if there could be any long term damage from leaving it on for long periods of time.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Houston, TX
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I only restart for system updates... there's no reason to regularly restart a modern computer (PC or Mac)/OS (Linux, OSX or Windows).
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
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Mine sleeps daily, but only restarts for system updates and when I need to switch to XP for something.
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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Originally Posted by TheoCryst 
Mine sleeps daily, but only restarts for system updates and when I need to switch to XP for something.
Me too. Except for the XP part.
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Hmm so anyone have any specific reasons why you leave it on or turn it off? Just curious what types of workload you put your macbook through while it is on.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Houston, TX
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Originally Posted by peterauch21
Hmm so anyone have any specific reasons why you leave it on or turn it off? Just curious what types of workload you put your macbook through while it is on.
Leave it on: downloading and encoding
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Join Date: Jul 2006
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I put mine to sleep so it will slide into a cat-safe compartment on my desk. I also shut it down when I leave the house so my GF doesn't find out how much porn I look at online.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Body in London, mind elsewhere
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If I'm at home I just put it sleep otherwise when I go to work I turn it off to travel. I ride a motorbike to my jobs during the day. I think it might be safer to have it off while getting around town.
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Join Date: Jan 2007
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Originally Posted by xsphat
I also shut it down when I leave the house so my GF doesn't find out how much porn I look at online.
You sound like me dude.
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I could eat a peach for hours.
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Circa 1225, from the Old French
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shutdown/restart only for system updates
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Indy.
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Originally Posted by peterauch21
Hmm so anyone have any specific reasons why you leave it on or turn it off? Just curious what types of workload you put your macbook through while it is on.
After running Aperture and Photoshop I often feel the entire OS slow down. A few times a day or so I restart. I usually do it when I get up to get a coffee or use the facilities.
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Join Date: Dec 2006
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Like others, I only restart for system updates. I close the lid and put it to sleep during while i'm sleeping.
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