Re: Shutdown my Laptop? Why should I?

[marlin9@gmx.ch]

How about continuous small/high vibrations, produced by the harddrive itself,
or by other (DVD) drives or by the fans ? Could they impact the HD 
mechanic, or electronic components ?

I put the one of the HDs of my PC on softgum, on the case ground plate,
(originally because there simply was no cartridge left)
and it's running there for 5 years, on average shut down 4-5 times a day.
ok, that's below 10.000 by now and maybe it starts barfing next year...
but it's totally quiet, and i just thought that's a healthy thing.
It's a 40 GB Seagate ST340something, and maybe modern drives with
huge capacity also are more sensible anyway ?

I can't imagine how this kind of vibrations could be minimized in a laptop, though, 
besides avoiding vibrating underground, and certain kinds of techno/house ;)

-- Maren