20
2007
Macbook Pro Uptime
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Rebooting is standard procedure for nearly every computer I own or have ever owned. I’ve noticed however that whenever I have to reboot my Mac, it makes me mildly angry. I’ve become accustomed to running my six standard applications (Firefox, Mail, Adium, iCal, iTunes, and NetNewsWire Lite) all the time. I literally never turn them off. When my computer goes in my backpack, it’s sleeping and ready to go at a moment’s notice.
Uptime is something that people usually are proud of when they talk about servers, but in my own little world, I started taking pride in my laptop uptime. The latest security update from Apple forced me to restart my computer, but prior to that, I had achieved a short month of uptime.
My father-in-law just announced his anger at Microsoft again, but this time it was enough that he wanted to go Mac. Freezing and restarting is one of his major gripes. When I shared this little screenshot with him he was stunned speechless.
My uptime has been pretty close to 28 days on my Dell… I doubt my computer runs as nicely as yours does after having gone that long, but it can do it!
In no way am I saying my Dell is better than the MacBook Pro (I’m running a machine that was only $1100 a year and a half ago, the hardware is trash by comparison), but I thought it was fun to try and keep up.
If you’re father-in-law is still debating whether or not to get a Macbook Pro (especially with the new one’s having just been released) show him the uptime my father had on his Macbook Pro recently and he might rush out and buy one:
http://blog.scoopz.com/2008/10/17/macbook-pro-uptime-of-134-days/
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