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MovedGoalPosts · 27-02-2009, 12:22

If you are serious about a laptop as a server, and it's clear you don't want to hear anyone who says "don't", then before you buy do check out the laptop design. Is the case efficient for cooling? See it running under load in the shop first.

I've had cheap laptops before now where the case was extremely warm especially where your hands would rest. I really wouldn't want that running 24/7. On the other hand the Dell Inspiron I have now, which cost over Â£700 a few years ago, seems much more robust and at times has successfully stress tested by running distributed computing stuff which pushed the CPU to 100% use for a few days.

Personally I wouldn't buy a budget laptop for this task. I'd be much happier with a budget desktop.

27-02-2009, 12:22	#29
MovedGoalPosts Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 127.0.0.1 Age: 61 Posts: 15,868	Re: Laptop as a server. If you are serious about a laptop as a server, and it's clear you don't want to hear anyone who says "don't", then before you buy do check out the laptop design. Is the case efficient for cooling? See it running under load in the shop first. I've had cheap laptops before now where the case was extremely warm especially where your hands would rest. I really wouldn't want that running 24/7. On the other hand the Dell Inspiron I have now, which cost over Â£700 a few years ago, seems much more robust and at times has successfully stress tested by running distributed computing stuff which pushed the CPU to 100% use for a few days. Personally I wouldn't buy a budget laptop for this task. I'd be much happier with a budget desktop.