So MBP can't be turned on 24/7 ?
A quote from myself:
"It is not going to damage itself, but if you leave it on your lap, it may damage you."
If that doesn't answer your question, let me put it this way.
FOR BASIC READERS:
A MBP will be fine left on 24/7.
You will be fine as long as you put your MBP on a desk, or at least on a board.
FOR ADVANCED READERS:
It depends on what you're using it for. If youre just using IMs, I would imagine your HDD will remain idle, the GPU will definitely be idling, and the CPU should also be idling. The predominant activity will be data transfers between memory, the CPU, and networks, whether wireless or hard wired. None of these should use much power. So if you want to sit in front of TV with the MBP on your lap chatting to friends, set the MBP to best battery life mode, don't run iTunes in the background (It'll use the HD, and may kick the CPU out of idle), and turn the screen brightness down. Run it using mains power, not the battery, cos that also generates heat when in use. The power brick is alowed to get hot, cos it's not sitting in your crotch. If you want, you could turn off the lights, and dim your screen right down to save even more power (which equals heat), especially if you're running off the battery. If it's still too hot for you, which I doubt it would be, in fact it would probably be quite cool, with all of that, you can always just get up every quarter of an hour or so, walk around, and cool off. Or just use a board.
Does THAT answer your question?
