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Re: [SLE] Linux and Laptop Wear and Tear
- From: Alex Daniloff <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 08:49:37 -0700
- Message-id: <200206031549.g53Fnc302820@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Well,
The same rules and physical laws that apply to general hardware are
also true for your laptop.
Spinning disks up and down decreases their lifespan.
All hard drives have MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) more or less
than 50,000 hours and will fail at some point no matter how you care
about them.
Powering system up and down produces current and voltage spikes which
impose excessive wear on all electrical components.
Big temperature variations and vibrations are also decreasing lifespan
of all electronic devices.
An average laptop lifespan is about 3-5 years depending on the
component and assembly quality. But why do you need more?
I hope you won't list your laptop in your will as an asset for your
kids and grandchildren. Won't you?
Since hardware is so cheap why bother about its longevity?
Is five year an average laptop lifespan not enough for you?
After that it's gonna be technically and morally obsolete device.
Although, you still can use it as a typewriter.
A have 486DX laptop which is already about 15 years old and it's still
working.
But what can you do with it?
It's very heavy and painfully slow and it has only BW display.
I hope to recycle it someday.
Are you shooting for the oldest working laptop record in the Guinness
Book?
Get a life man!
Alex
-------------------
> I have heard from a lot of places that one of the strengths of Linux
is that
> you do not have to reboot it all the time. I am under the
impression that
> this is easier on your hardware and I am wondering if that is true.
>
> I have a Dell Inspiron laptop, and in general I leave it on, trying
only to do
> warm reboots when necessary. I do not use suspend because it tends
to mess
> some things up (Like Kinternet) that only recover after a cold
reboot.
>
> As I understand it, this is less stressful for the hard drive, as
the spinning
> up and down is what wears it out.
>
> Can anybody tell me if what I am doing will make my computer last
longer? And
> if not, what is the best way to use your computer to make it last
the
> longest?
>
> Thank You
>
> Neal McDermott
>
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The same rules and physical laws that apply to general hardware are
also true for your laptop.
Spinning disks up and down decreases their lifespan.
All hard drives have MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) more or less
than 50,000 hours and will fail at some point no matter how you care
about them.
Powering system up and down produces current and voltage spikes which
impose excessive wear on all electrical components.
Big temperature variations and vibrations are also decreasing lifespan
of all electronic devices.
An average laptop lifespan is about 3-5 years depending on the
component and assembly quality. But why do you need more?
I hope you won't list your laptop in your will as an asset for your
kids and grandchildren. Won't you?
Since hardware is so cheap why bother about its longevity?
Is five year an average laptop lifespan not enough for you?
After that it's gonna be technically and morally obsolete device.
Although, you still can use it as a typewriter.
A have 486DX laptop which is already about 15 years old and it's still
working.
But what can you do with it?
It's very heavy and painfully slow and it has only BW display.
I hope to recycle it someday.
Are you shooting for the oldest working laptop record in the Guinness
Book?
Get a life man!
Alex
-------------------
> I have heard from a lot of places that one of the strengths of Linux
is that
> you do not have to reboot it all the time. I am under the
impression that
> this is easier on your hardware and I am wondering if that is true.
>
> I have a Dell Inspiron laptop, and in general I leave it on, trying
only to do
> warm reboots when necessary. I do not use suspend because it tends
to mess
> some things up (Like Kinternet) that only recover after a cold
reboot.
>
> As I understand it, this is less stressful for the hard drive, as
the spinning
> up and down is what wears it out.
>
> Can anybody tell me if what I am doing will make my computer last
longer? And
> if not, what is the best way to use your computer to make it last
the
> longest?
>
> Thank You
>
> Neal McDermott
>
> --
> To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxx
> For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@xxxxxxxx
> Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com
>
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