Russell L. Harris wrote:
> So it generally is best to use a laptop in the service for which a
> laptop was designed. But if you keep the machine in a cool room, it may
> run for years in continuous service.
Certainly has been the case for my laptop. When I left one job a few
years ago I wa
George Hein wrote:
> Nate Duehr wrote:
>>
>> You also missed that most laptops now have an accelerometer in them for
>> shock protection and the drive is parked every time certain acceleration
>> forces are happening to the laptop.
>>
>> Just carrying mine across the room (IBM T43) is enough to
Russell L. Harris wrote:
[in regards to laptop hard discs]
The situation is not simple.
Indeed, it is not.
[snip some very good information]
The head of the drive normally flies (in the aerodynamic sense) above
the spinning media; there is no contact with the media while the drive
spinnin
Nate Duehr wrote:
Russell L. Harris wrote:
The situation is not simple.
You also missed that most laptops now have an accelerometer in them for
shock protection and the drive is parked every time certain acceleration
forces are happening to the laptop.
Just carrying mine across the room
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