Re: Leaving screen on. . .

[Randal Whittle <whittle@chaph.usc.edu>]

> I have a TP755Cs.
> 
> Is it okay to leave my tp running even though if I'm not using it?  I 
> mean, is that bad for the screen or the entire system?  I know with 
> desktop machines, it's okay to leave the cpu turned on but should turn the 
> monitor off if you're going to be away from the computer for a while.  
> Is this also true for notebooks?

	Nope.  Your screen is an LCD--LCD's don't suffer from "burn-in"
the way CRT's can.  There is no harm in leaving it on.

	That said, I still, at the very least, turn my screen off (hit
FN+F3) when I leave my computer running for an extended period of time.
The reason is that although your LCD screen won't burn in, presumably
that backlight in your screen can burn *out*.  I don't know anyone who
has had this happen to them, but just the same...I'd rather conserve it
as best I can.

	But there's no need to be paranoid here...

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