MacBook=Dust Magnet...

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kmhtkmhtkmhtkmhtkmhtkmht
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
As putting the MacBook to sleep kills WiFi - I find myself having to leave the MacBook open all day long and sliding something so that it doesn't shut totally therefore going to sleep... The MacBook LOVES dust... I've never had any piece of electronic that loves dust so much...

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  • Reply 1 of 6
    ipeonipeon Posts: 1,122member
    Let me guess, you have a Black one...
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    kmhtkmhtkmhtkmhtkmhtkmht Posts: 193member
    White as Snow...
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    theapplegeniustheapplegenius Posts: 584member
    Why do you need it to be connected to the internet 24/7? It's a laptop. If you want something that's going to be on all day, then you should've gotten an iMac.
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    shawnjshawnj Posts: 6,656member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by theapplegenius

    Why do you need it to be connected to the internet 24/7? It's a laptop. If you want something that's going to be on all day, then you should've gotten an iMac.



    Your comment here makes no sense whatsoever.



    Edit: Alright I understand that portable computers generally aren't connected 24/7 because they are frequently transported from one location to another. Okay. But even if you generally dont venture outside the house much with your laptop, it still has a lot of benefits over a desktop.
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    k squaredk squared Posts: 608member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by kmhtkmhtkmht

    As putting the MacBook to sleep kills WiFi - I find myself having to leave the MacBook open all day long and sliding something so that it doesn't shut totally therefore going to sleep... The MacBook LOVES dust... I've never had any piece of electronic that loves dust so much...



    I'm not quite sure what the problem is. My MacBook stays on all the time (set never to sleep in the Energy Saver Preference pane and the screen to go black after 20 minutes) and there's never that much dust on it.
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    commoduscommodus Posts: 270member
    Putting the system to sleep idles the processor and hard drive. Of course it's not going to maintain the WiFi connection! My car won't continue to drive at 60 MPH if I shift it into neutral (at least, not for very long it won't). Unless you mean that it doesn't automatically reconnect when you wake from sleep despite telling it otherwise - then you'd have a problem.



    If you need the Internet connection on when you're not using the system, go to System Preferences and then choose Energy Saver. You can tell the system not to go to sleep by itself when you're on AC power, for example, and instead just turn the screen off.
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