opinions; leave laptop plugged in or let run on battery?
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That is what happens when you buy quality and not brands! Of course, anything made during the time when quality was synonymous with the brand, you are safe (pre-2010).
YJ02
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its a lenovo i got for $300 something at walmart
YJ02
Well Known GateFan
and been plugged in the whole time, and, mostly on as well the whole time. i have it up on a stand as well, so good air flow. i have it set up so its more like a desktop. a standard keyboard and mouse into it. i have never touched the on board keyboard except the first power up
maybe not beating on the keyboard or using the touch mouse helps with life as well?
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Lenovos are awesome. Our company uses them as the standard laptop. Lenovo = IBM, in case you did not know.
Quetesh
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I mostly leave mine on, but occasionally a cat will step on something that turns it off, or pulls a plug and they go off. 
Most of my computers are expensive but last around 7 years or more.
I think I bought the one I have now around 4 years ago as a refurb for about the equivalence of 1000 USD, but my awesome husband bought and installed a ton of upgrades to it for my last birthday. He upgraded my RAM, put in a second hard drive ( so now I have a HDD for 1TB and a SSD for 1 TB) He fixed a latch and the battery connector and the thing runs better than ever.
I think it does not hurt when so many on this board either know/ or are relative experts on the PC !!!!
Somebody else less, might be looking a much shorter lifespan for their computers.
Most of my computers are expensive but last around 7 years or more.
I think I bought the one I have now around 4 years ago as a refurb for about the equivalence of 1000 USD, but my awesome husband bought and installed a ton of upgrades to it for my last birthday. He upgraded my RAM, put in a second hard drive ( so now I have a HDD for 1TB and a SSD for 1 TB) He fixed a latch and the battery connector and the thing runs better than ever.
I think it does not hurt when so many on this board either know/ or are relative experts on the PC !!!!
Somebody else less, might be looking a much shorter lifespan for their computers.