Ashapalan said:It would be bad yes, but if you've set your hard drive to sleep whenever it isnt being used (in system preferences - energy saver) then your hard drive will be old and wise before it perishes.
mad jew said:Yes necessarily. It is bad for your hard drive to be spinning all the time in a notebook however as buryyourbrideau implies, the main issue is whether there is sufficient ventilation for the iBook.
A hard drive spinning all the time will not last as long as one that is given a rest at night. However, a hard drive that isn't kept cool will last for even less time.
WillMak said:ah alright. well i have my ibook on a icurve so i think that gives it proper ventilation
mad jew said:I mean, is there really that much legal stuff for you to download?
Lazyhound said:Or just tell it to put the display to sleep after fifteen minutes.
G5Unit said:The longest I had my powermac running was probably a week. Is that bad without sleeping?
G5Unit said:The longest I had my powermac running was probably a week. Is that bad without sleeping?
Josh2022 said:My powermac uptime is 24 days... Go Figure. LOL
Josh2022 said:I dont really see what the big deal is, i mean servers for example, there never turned off, and they dont blow often.
mad jew said:They don't generally run on 2.5 inch laptop hard drives.