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CocaCola
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Posted: 28th Aug 2010 23:05 Edited at: 28th Aug 2010 23:15
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Is it ok for me to leave my laptop + internet on most of the time? I plan on running something, I don't want to a a VPS, and I was wondering how much it would cost (not power-wise, internet wise) to leave it running 24/7 (and what it would do to my laptop)?
(if not I could get someone to run it for me =|)

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FredP
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Posted: 28th Aug 2010 23:15 Edited at: 28th Aug 2010 23:17
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Unhelpful Titles

Please do not simply write "Noob Question", "I am a newb", "One Noobie Question", "A question", "Please help", "This isn't working" or anything similar as the title of your post. We have a search facility, and meaningless titles do not help others find answers to their questions. It will also help you to get quicker responses if people have an idea of your thread content.

Now that I have that out of the way...I leave my laptop on and conected to the internet most of the time.I have had no problems with anything.

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It's cheaper to run a laptop than a desktop.
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CocaCola
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Posted: 28th Aug 2010 23:16 Edited at: 28th Aug 2010 23:19
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Quote: "Now that I have that out of the way...I leave my laptop on and conected to the internet most of the time.I have had no problems with anything. "


1. yeah sorry I thought about that and Im like "uhh... nah it'll be OK to put this as a title", sorry. (you can change it too internet question or something if you like)

2. Is your internet bill high?

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Posted: 28th Aug 2010 23:21 Edited at: 28th Aug 2010 23:21
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My internet bill is about $25/month USD but for about $15 USD you can get high speed internet but they charge more for a higher speed.I have my internet through AT&T.
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lazerus
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Posted: 28th Aug 2010 23:22 Edited at: 28th Aug 2010 23:24
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I recomend removing your battery then. Leaving it in will reduce the life greatly. Ethier that or only charge it when you need to, not leaving it on 24/7charge. Other than it posing a fire risk/health hazard, your electricity bill will be very, very large. The constant heat ontop will be needed to be dealt with aswell. Clean open area on a wooden/glass table or something like that.

If the tasks are cpu demanding, then why not by a desktop, especially if your teathering it to a charger, there more power effiecnt if i remember rightly.

Edit, the power to performance ratio is better on a desktop //


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Posted: 28th Aug 2010 23:47
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Laptops only require 1 plug in whereas desktops are going to require a plug in for the pc and the monitor.I don't see how you figure running a desktop would be cheaper...especially since some desktops require more than 110 volts.
I'm not saying you're wrong but in my case the laptop definitely uses less juice than my desktop did before I got the laptop.
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CocaCola
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Posted: 29th Aug 2010 00:31
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Alright, thanks guys!

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Posted: 29th Aug 2010 00:31
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I mean you get more power for what electricity you use. *on average*


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Posted: 29th Aug 2010 02:11 Edited at: 29th Aug 2010 02:21
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Power usage depends on the laptop. What processor? What OS? etc. You can buy something called a Kill A Watt meter that you can plug in between an electrical devise and the plug and see how much power is being used. http://www.shopkillawatt.com/?leadsource=PS161&s_kwcid=TC-1331-297236549521-S-38090996521

My laptops use from 45 watts(14 inch Compaq with 1.6GHz single core) to 65 watt (15 inch Asus with 2.4 GHz dual-core). Add 10 watts if a DVD is spinning. Apples use the least because of their power management software. My 21.5 inch iMac runs at 80 watts and my Mac mini runs at 25 watts (does not include a monitor). I am setting up a solar power system so power usage has become important to me

On the battery issue. My laptops don't use anymore power after the battery is charged as onboard charge controllers shunt the power away from the battery to prevent damage and decrease power consumption. I am not sure about older laptops though. New Apple laptop batteries are not user serviceable and cannot be removed. Battery warranty is not affected by leaving them plugged in all the time though.
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Posted: 30th Aug 2010 22:34
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Quote: "your electricity bill will be very, very large"

From running a laptop 24/7? I highly doubt it would increase much at all. Mine's always plugged in and running (though my battery is useless now). My laptop uses a 65w adapter (Apple).

If possible, I would suggest connecting the laptop to your lan rather than wifi if you want to keep it on all the time. Wifi will use more power.


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Posted: 31st Aug 2010 14:28
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WiFi, by default will shut itself down after so long if not in use - so connecting permanently will need you to change the power setting.

Go into control panel and open up your device manager, hardware manager or whatever your version of windows is calling it - find your wifi adaptor and right click it and select properties. Now you should have lots of tabs, like General, Advanced, About, Driver etc etc - click on the Power Management tab, and you should see some tick options. There should be an option for 'Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power' - make sure that is unchecked, then your wifi should stay connected.

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Not sure what you are wanting to run on your own VPS at home, but if it is something that is going to be generating site traffic or tansfer of any sort.. The speed on it is going to be way to slow for it to be worth it.

Unless you are needing shell access for some reason, a shared hosting plan from someplace like hostgator or something would work fine for any site, cron jobs, php scripts.. yada yada yada

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