What is the longest you've ever left a laptop on?

[hiccupleftovers]

Just curious if some use their laptops for prolonged sessions, or like some use their desktops, etc. I'm ashamed to admit that I've either forgotten my laptop was on for a day (or two), but I have a laptop cooler running with it most of the time and it is on the power source of course, or purposely left it on for the day as I constantly came back to it.

[Liquid 2]

At least a month, when my desktop's internet was cut off.

But then again, I have a Thinkpas X61 (best hardware you'll get in a laptop) and I was running Ubuntu (super stable).

[Eviltude]

I don't turn mine off because my power button is shady. I spilled my bong on it on Christmas Eve of 2007 and it hasn't worked since (aside from a few missing keys, it still works like a charm). I restart it when I have to for updates or whatever, but aside from that it's always on.

[SneakyPenguin]

My first laptop was a desktop replacement, so it was almost never off. Second and third I tend to turn off every night, though sometimes they'll be on for a day or two.

[epobirs]

I know plenty of people who have laptops as their main systems and never shut them down completely. They hibernate while in transit but might go months without a true shutdown.

[rickonker]

I know plenty of people who have laptops as their main systems and never shut them down completely. They hibernate while in transit but might go months without a true shutdown.
For the OP's purposes I think hibernating counts as a shutdown.

[Hostile]

I've left it on a couple of days because I had torrents running.

[ryoga79]

My laptop IS my main system, and I"m always downloading something, so it's rarely off.

[strongpimphand]

Its never off unless I'm going to school for the whole day and don't feel like grabbing the power cord *thankfully i get about 5 hours!*....but I do constant restarts

[Number83]

My work laptop has been on since the middle of March...Takes too long to boot in the morning.

[Cracka]

Just curious if some use their laptops for prolonged sessions, or like some use their desktops, etc. I'm ashamed to admit that I've either forgotten my laptop was on for a day (or two), but I have a laptop cooler running with it most of the time and it is on the power source of course, or purposely left it on for the day as I constantly came back to it.

If you need a cooler to keep your laptop from getting hot while it just sits there turned on a couple of days, somethings probably not right.

[tiredfornow]

My work laptop has been on since July 2007?

[jlseal]

Current uptime on mine is 3 days and a couple hours. That includes some time in hibernation though. I routinely go a week between restarts, and its on and running whenever I'm at home.

[spineynorman]

I work all day every day on my Macbook. It often doesn't even sleep for days or weeks at a time.

[mtxbass1]

One of my laptops I shut off and on throughout the week. The other one never shuts off.

The desktop is also on 24/7 unless the power is out.

[Anexanhume]

I've left my macbook on for well over a month (sleeping when I'm not using it). I rebooted for updates, not stability.

[VioletArrows]

I can't bring myself to leave it on for more than a couple of days, I feel like it'll start acting screwy if I don't let it rest, plus it feels like a waste and wears down the hardware to have it on/idling when I'm not using it.

[eswat]

I leave my Macbook on/open for several hours on a weekend. I put it to sleep every night and only do a complete shutdown every week or so.

[Hostile]

I put it on hibernate when I'm not using it myself.

[ZerotypeX]

I've left my old laptop on for about 14 days with a cooler under it when I use to live in the dorms. But now, I rarely leave my current laptop on over night unless it needs too since electricity is not free

[basilofbkrst]

I fell asleep thus leaving my laptop over night and felt kinda bad for it. I shut it down if im not gonna use it for a couple plus hours.

[Kirin Lemon]

Months, probably.

[Malik112099]

I never turn off my computers. Why would I?