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Re:Ask HN: Do you power off your laptop?) by nfnaaron on Friday November 20, 2009 @02:19PM (#953115)
I almost never powered off my Dell XPS R 450 for ten years; laziness and the theory of avoiding powerup/powerdown stress on connections. It lasted ten years. I replaced one of the two HDs once. I got rid of it for noise and not worth upgrading it to modern capabilities, and the ginormously large and heavy CRT monitor finally gave out.

I use my laptop as a desktop replacement (see above). I rarely power it down, although Ubuntu boots pretty quick.

Re:Ask HN: Do you power off your laptop?) by Slashed on Friday November 20, 2009 @03:28PM (#953331)
Ten years! Amazing.
Re:Ask HN: Do you power off your laptop?) by nfnaaron on Friday November 20, 2009 @03:45PM (#953370)
I'm cheap. Although it's an excellent question whether I spent more in electricity than I saved in fixing/buying systems. But I definitely saved inconvenience.