Could a MBP run 24/7?

I'm on my way to order a MBP but I'm curious to know if I could have my MBP on 24/7. It's not because I will but sometimes it will be neccessary because in my work I do a lot of video editing and I share a lot of larger video files with my colleagues and that takes time and my last notebook (a fujitsu siemens lifebook) broke (something below the keyboard melted and the keys stopped working).

Do you think this will make my MBP "unhealthy" ?

 

it will be just fine. tho if you are running it under high load for long periods of time, a cooling pad might be worth getting to keep it happier.

 

I only shutdown my MBP probably about every 5 days or so on average. You should not have much problem.

 

RadcomTxx: Cooling pad?

cashmonee: Don't you put it to sleep at night? Or when not using the computer?

 

I sometimes leave my Macbook on for a few days, and I have not experienced any issues with it. When it's not on, I put mine in sleep mode. I only restart when there's been an update (or to go BootCamp or a Kernel Panic) which requires a restart and I never shut my Macbook down.

 

I usually leave mine on a lot, but put it to sleep over night. I'm not sure how long OS X can go without needing to be rebooted. I know previous versions of windows had to be restarted weekly, if not more. XP is much better at that, and I imagine OS X can go a while without needing to be rebooted.

 

Just about any modern laptop can be run 24/7 when not placed in high demand -- or you'll get heat issues.

but cooling is an option too.

My old crappy IBM 600 ran almost a YEAR straight before ghosting away into

notebook heaven.

 

I should mention it probably is not best to keep any notebook running under full load for weeks at a time. Unless they have exceptional cooling. The company my dad worked for kept about 2 dozen Dell 700m's under full load 24/7 for over a month.
Over a half dozen had hardware failures during the first month, then almost a dozen during the second month. Hardly any survived longer than that.

 

Yeah I should have been more clear, it does sleep many nights, about half. But many times only the screen goes to sleep, since I forget to shut the lid on occasion.

 

If you have a macbook pro, if the little light on the screen latch release button flashes on and off, the computer's on sleep.

 

a cooling pad would be a small laptop sized 'board' that has some fans in it to blow air on the notebook to help keep it cool.


using sleep, i have kept my notebook on for over a month without restarting. os x very rarely ever needs a complete shutdown/restart. it doesn't degrade performance like windows typical does.

 

How have apple solved the cooling on MBP? Is the fans on the side or on the bottom of the computer? I was thinking if you could put it on "legs" like placing something under the computer to let it "breath" more.

 

The original problem was bad logic boards, improperly applied thermal paste, and the SMC temp sensor setting.
The issue with the logic boards was fixed around August for the CD units, and I think the thermal paste was fixed as well. I didn't notice any weird thermal paste all over the place when I opened my MBP up the other day.
They had an SMC update that set the fans to turn on at the proper temperature (basically, before, they would always stay at a low rpm).

For the CD MBP, the vents are at the hinges. Not sure about the C2D. Mine doesn't get very hot unless I put it under a heavy load. But all powerful laptops like this get hot under full load.