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Just wondering if it's ok to leave my laptop running all the time.

I'm done my semester at university and since I dont have to travel back and forth I just leave my laptop on at home most of the time.

Does this cause any serious damage or is it ok to just leave it running like I would for a desktop.

Absolutley fine..!
Well, dunno what it could do to the battery, but if the laptop is well made, the circuitry should try and over-recharge it over a long period of time..

Also, to get the most of your wall-power plug, open the Power Options control panel, and make sure the current scheme is set to Always On.. /wink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" />

I bought it Sept. 2005 and at the time it was one of the high-end Acer notebooks they had.

I leave all the settings on high to get the best performance when in AC mode and use a lesser setting when on battery. It has a 17" widescreen so gotta conserve on battery by lowering some settings.

Should I leave the battery unplugged since it's usually on AC plugin mode?

If you CAN disconnect the battery, then I'd do it - better to be on the safe side, seeing as batteries can have memories and improper care can decrease their life severly..

That said, I doubt it'd make much difference to the battery, but again, I'd disconnect it if I could..

as long as you don't mind your little brother or sister getting on your computer and messin up your post count!

I have the option of removing it so I will from now on.

I bought the extended warranty package on this thing so realistically it's covered no matter what.

But still better safe than sorry..

Thanks for all the input bro.

@emanon - everybody here has their own pc/laptop so nobody messes with my shit....

cool....when you leave it on do you leave the wifi turned on also? Do you live in a high population density area? If so, make sure firewall and network shares are set appropriately. You would not want to return home to find unscrupulous hacker turned your laptop into a warez server!

Yeah wifi is always on and secured.. thanks though man.

It's hella important to keep your net protected.

In my neighbourhood there are so many open connections I can get on if i just drive around.. seems everybody has a wifi router these days.

It's good to know this, I was worried about that since I'm now on a laptop too...