is it safe to use a lap top when its storming out?
439777
Surge suppressors are not lightning protection devices - they cannot protect your home or your home's internal electrical wiring from a direct strike. Surge suppressors can, however, protect your equipment from voltage surges caused by unexpected occurrences such as a utility pole downed by a storm. Just use it not plugged in while storm is in the area.
1115689
There is a lot of factors that could go wrong, so if you are really worried about it, you should probably shut down.  Surge protector, properly grounded electrical system, and other factors will make it less risky though.  It may be worth the risk.
662421
Yes its safe as long as you have no children or animals trying to get into it. You might have to keep an eye on the dust problem, But if you want a solution then have a look at water cooling for your computer, It will cut down on the dust that gets sucked in to the system, it will keep your computer cool so it will perform well and it will cut out most if not all of the noise.
1022454
Yes, you can.  It's on the hard drive.  Make sure the service technicians do not plan to wipe your hard drive prior to returning your laptop to you.  A good tech won't, but the bozos at places like Best Buy often do.
948312
nope, never is a good idea in any situation.  at least in my opinion.  To many security issues, no privacy and it increases the rate at which your computer becomes bogged down with crap and slows the performance.
399475
it doesn't seem normal.  I always unplug my computer during lightening storms and never have any problems.
752977
No it is not safe either from a personal safety standpoint or an environmental standpoint. Anything on your hard drive can be recovered - most of the stuff that you have "erased" included and some computer components are toxic. Best to remove the hard drive and physically destroy it yourself and then check for someone who collects computers for safe discard.
242469
No, it's not dangerous at all. Even the answer about sperm cells is rediculous. There's no harm in it, aside from the computer getting hot, which will likely happen if you use it for a while. But I'm guessing you have the common sense to move it if it gets to hot. Falling asleep with it on your lap shouldn't be a problem either. Regardless of anything you've heard, it's not harmful in any way.
50264
actually if you want to save money you WONT go cheap, bc the cheaper you buy the more problems youll have and repair costs in the future. So go for a medium priced laptop with a good protection plan.
1054325
None. is just a way to power off your computer without losing what you were doing. It saves everything you were doing from ram to the hard drive, and then it goes back to the ram, allowing to save whole seasons of work, when you have to run.\n\nWorks best on laptops
484256
Yes because sometimes lighting can get through the electric lines and damage your PC if the building does not have proper "earthing".  Safer still, after turning off the computer, remove the plug from the socket too. Replug only after the storm has gone
870449
Is there problems with the laptop?
561099
get out tha house dont rot in front of tha computer screen
244583
If you have a good surge protector, that is one that not only protects the power, but also your modem line or cable, and you have backups, you are reasonably safe.  If not, it would be best to unplug your computer from modem and power.\n\nTo those who say that it is absolutely unsafe to be online during a thunderstorm, do you all think that every business with computers shuts down during thunderstorms?  Of course not.  They just take precautions.  If the home user does not have adequate electrical protection, then she would be wise to disconnect her computer.  If she has adequate protection, then surf away and have fun!
1180558
Since you only use it a few times a day and being a laptop I would say the best thing for you to do is to Hibernate it.  This will turn the laptop off but will write all the running applications to the hard drive so Windows can be resumed faster than if you just shut it down.  Hibernate uses no power and is very similar to standby except standby maintains power to the memory so Winodws will resume even faster than if you had just put it in Standby.  If you are going to walk away for just a few minutes, leave it on.\n\nTo be even more power conscious you could put it in Hibernate and then unplug it.  If you don't know (because I can never tell) hold down shift at the shutdown menu to get the Hibernate option.  But when you are done using it for the day, shut it down.
193464
Leaving it on all the time makes the hardware last longer. Sure, it uses more power but it's cheaper than replacing your hard drive and fans every few years.\n\nAnd in response to the lightning thing... if your house gets hit by lightning, it won't matter if your computer is on or off, lightning will still fry it. Surge protectors won't help in that case either.  The only way you can protect your computer from a lightning strike nearby is to unplug it from all the cables.
59463
It depends. I've spilled things in a laptop before and had no negative consequences other than a few of the keys no longer working. My recommendation would be, if you spilled it on the edge of the keyboard, tilt your laptop towards that side to help drain the water out. The keyboard can be replaced, if necessary and if you know what you're doing.