Can Opening Too Many Windows in Finder Hurt the HD

[sheepopo39]

I had some friends over for dinner tonight and I was showing them my macbook. So one of them played a prank on me and opened about 400+ windows by creating about 400 folders and then selecting them all and opening them. So to make a long story short, I closed them all and now I am wondering if this could have hurt my hd by doing this.

P.S The fan really got going when he did it

 

[kastenbrust]

No it cant. It cant hurt anything.

The Processor was asked to do more work, so it got hotter, so the fans came on faster to cool it down.
Thats why it sounded louder.

 

[juanster]

yeah i also dont see how it could hurt anything in your comp

 

[sheepopo39]

Thanks, my friend while a very good friend likes to play jokes on me and he knows that I can get paranoid with some things.

Well thanks again

 

[VSMacOne]

Thanks, my friend while a very good friend likes to play jokes on me and he knows that I can get paranoid with some things.

Well thanks again

sounds like he pulled a good one

 

[mynameisraj]

400? wow… that must have looked pretty insane…

and no damage to your hd, like others have stated, it just made your processor heat up which caused the fans to spin faster trying to cool it down.

 

[fuzzycuffs]

I think you might have hurt the macbook's feelings.

 

[Sun Baked]

Luckily with a simple click modifier, all the windows close at once.

 

[sammich]

When I installed new ram, I like to take it for test run (for fun), open up my 'iTunes Music' folder, select all, and open. That for me is about 900 folders. The test being how fast the windows open, and how many open up before it slows down (ie system has run out of ram and is using swap space on the HDD).

To the OP...you can't hurt the computer by using it.

 

[kastenbrust]

When I installed new ram, I like to take it for test run (for fun), open up my 'iTunes Music' folder, select all, and open. That for me is about 900 folders. The test being how fast the windows open, and how many open up before it slows down (ie system has run out of ram and is using swap space on the HDD).

To the OP...you can't hurt the computer by using it.

lol thats more of a CPU test than a RAM test but if it works for you I prefer Geekbench.

 

[sheepopo39]

since it was on my lap it also might have hurt something else

 

[jpk32092]

can it hurt the hd (high definition) uhhh no


now what i think you meant.. can it hurt the hdd (hard drive)
no.

 

[sheepopo39]

no, can it hurt the hard disk (hd)

 

[NewMacbookPlz]

no, can it hurt the hard disk (hd)

god forbid a computer is USED, haha....

no, it's fine.

 

[Chase R]

I would love to see Expose work with 400 windows... That would sure be a sight.

 

[sheepopo39]

yeah it was quite crazy, expose could actually only display about 200 of them

Luckily with a simple click modifier, all the windows close at once.

There is one that does that? Could have saved me quite a bit of time

 

[xUKHCx]

I would love to see Expose work with 400 windows... That would sure be a sight.

Just did it:

yeah it was quite crazy, expose could actually only display about 200 of them

A quick count of the one above it looks like it does all of them

There is one that does that? Could have saved me quite a bit of time

cmd+opt+w or opt+red close button