... obviously, without powering down even for a few minutes. Reason I ask is I now currently own two macs and plan to leave my MBP home so I can VNC into it with my sr macbook whenever I'm traveling. I've left my MBP on for as long as 24 hours at a time before letting it rest but, am interested to know how it'll perform under long and stressful situations.
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Longest you ever left your macbook/MBP on...
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Mine is up almost 24/7. If I'm on the go its only in sleep. I only shut it down maybe, maybe, once a week. Usually its always doing something to, ripping, burning, converting, playing music, all sorts of things.
I actually turn off my desktop more than my MBP.
I use Fan Control and set the values low so that it keeps nice and cool.
Haven't had trouble yet!
I have a mid 2006 model, 2.16ghz duocore which is known to run a little hotter. maybe i'd benefit from a laptop cooler which is placed under the macbook.
I use my MB as a desktop and hardly ever turn it off, it works 24/7 for weeks or months on end. The only reason that I ever shut it down is if there is a problem and shutdown is the only way out (that has happened only a few times since I have owned it). I have probably also shut it down a very few times when taking it somewhere (no more than 3-4 times).
I have the same one, i've had it up without sleep for like 48 hours but i never feel good longer than that.
When you are using VNC does your computer have to be awake for it to work, or can it be sleeping, then you wake it up when you VNC...?
I've only played around with ARD thus far on a local network. I'm currently trying to figure out ways to set port forwarding on my router as well as get a script so I forward myself a new IP.
Anyway, I set my MBP so that it never sleeps as long as the lid is open. I'm more concerned about the screen so I turn that off.
I've left mine on maybe for 72 hours with no interruptions
I wouldn't worry too much. If it breaks and you have a backup, applecare will fix it or give you a new one, so that's a good thing lol.
I wouldn't worry too much. If it breaks and you have a backup, applecare will fix it or give you a new one, so that's a good thing lol.
A month if not more (back when every Tiger update broke something, so I didn't update for months)
My current uptime is 11 days. I have left it up for many more days than that. Granted, half that time it's asleep, but you can leave it on for a long time.
The computers have to be on and can't be on sleep or else it will undetectable on the network
Mine's currently acting as a DTR, so I've only ever turned it off for the occasional system update or while in transit (to the Apple Store for a case repair!)
I am notorious for leaving mine on all the time, usually i just close the lid and let it go.
I shut it down every sunday and reboot it before i fall asleep, but that is i about it.
I shut it down every sunday and reboot it before i fall asleep, but that is i about it.
I put mine to sleep when I leave the house. It only takes two seconds for it to wake up and all my apps are still open. There have been a few times when I closed the lid and it didn't sleep so it stayed on anyways for about 10 hours. Other than that though it sleeps like I said.
2 months and still running, on as in on all the way... it is pretty much sitting on my desk or my couch for the past 2 months.
Didn't even applied the latest 10.4.11 updates yet, at least until I get a set of replacement discs ready, because as we all know, unlike Microsoft Apple frequently corrupts and destroys your data with a rushed update, only to quietly pull it and re-release a new update later.
Hit a nerve? Hey, cannot deny it is true.
Didn't even applied the latest 10.4.11 updates yet, at least until I get a set of replacement discs ready, because as we all know, unlike Microsoft Apple frequently corrupts and destroys your data with a rushed update, only to quietly pull it and re-release a new update later.
Hit a nerve? Hey, cannot deny it is true.
