Quote Originally Posted by JackHatchet View Post
I had no idea laptops were that durable.

I just figured that if you ran them hot multiple hours a day, 7 days a week (like a dedicated gamer) that they'd burn out real fast, but seeing some people get years out of their machines despite all the stress is pretty inspiring. I have a lot more respect for laptops knowing that. I just always imagined they were portable, but limited-use computers, and had to take breaks from time to time or they'd burn out. Unlike a PC that you can leave on for days or weeks on end without ever restarting.
I'm pretty sure if it's a high-end gaming laptop it can take at least days without restarting.

The thing with laptops is that you need to watch how much they heat up and be sure to clean them from dust and change the thermal paste at least once a year, otherwise it might heat up too much and literally burn out. Especially if you use them for gaming which makes most of them heat up more than usual.
I only had one laptop die for still unknown reason (I think motherboard died) but my oldest one lived for at least 5 years with me playing games on it all the time.