are surge protectors necessary for laptops?
105119
Yes, the surge protectors are needed. If you have a spike of energy which A/C power often gets, it needs to be regulated and your home or office power outlet does not provide that feature. It is simply better to have it than not. Belkin is a good provider of surge protectors for home and office use.
1139004
The should, be sure to get one that says its for computers and is a high number of joules.
1152151
Plug all your computer equipment into a surge protective power bar...although very rare...it is known to happen\n\nBut to keep your system running should the power go out...install a generator to your power fuse panel.
401316
It's safe, your hardware only pulls as much power as it needa from the power supply. It wont overload anything, if that's what you're worried about.
748793
Not just a power surge will cause an electrical trip.... \nNormally a safety device or circuit breaker will 'trip' when it is detecting too much load...eg a faulty appliance, too much appliances plugged in (use of too many adaptors), or hot electrical joint (loose), undersized protection etc.
708052
It is very dangerous to work on a computer monitor at home !!!they will not blow up, but if you touch the wrong part, you can be electrocuted as it stores a charge even after unplugged for a long time, and can still give out a blast of 600 volts for a long time after its unplugged, believe me dont do it, I've seen what it can do in technical college!!
808950
Nothing. Nowaday, new laptops all have wireless built-in. So you need not do anything to your laptop. \n\nYou will need to get a wireless router to be setup after your modem. Get the more popular brand like D0Link or Linksys as they follows the industrial standard.
916586
Laptops are handy because people can take their work home and do the work at home.  They are also handy if you do not have access to electricity (for example on a train, bus or camping)  I would not say they were a necessasity, we could do without them.  It just makes life easier.  You can take laptops into a business meeting, much easier than carrying and setting up a computer.
780702
Try the laptop manufacturers website and if you cant get one there you could buy an inverter to put in your car. An inverter converts 12v dc to 240v ac so you will be able to plug your normal laptop charger into it.
694875
I recommend leaving it on, provided--\n- If you are connected to the internet full time, you  have good up-to-date security software (firewall (software and on router), anitvirus, and spyware.  As added security, when not running scheduled updates over internet, many modems have an off switch; turn it off when not actively using the internet.\n- If you have an UPS.  While lightening over lines connected to the computer can destroy parts of it, a good surge protector works wonders--most of the time.  The UPS also answers the problem of low voltage spikes.  When the voltage drops and comes back up, without a UPS, your computer starts to turn off.  When the voltage kicks back in, the drive restarts after slowing which is hard on the drive.
270046
A power surge can cause multiple drives/devices to fail at once.  Also, if your power supply starts to go out, it can take other components with it.
609914
This is quite simple. A computer at it's core is an electrical device, and because it is electrical it is designed to function in one of two states - on or off. Regardless of your OS, brand, platform ect. - it is an electrical device. It's designed to consume power and run when you need it. Typically the real question comes down to the quality of the parts of the power supply and other hardware devices found in it. Ever notice that cheaper quality electrical devices usually have shorter lifespans? - in this case I would say that you have a decent quality machine with a power supply that is designed to be on for long durations. The way electrical devices are designed and built today really is an engineering marvel. You'd be surprised how long most electrical devices last, considering that the device is taken care of properly. Most instances of a computer needing to be shutoff usually has to do with a need to reboot, change a battery, or just to turn it off. Laptops in particular consume far less energy than conventional desktop systems. This reason alone is why many migrate towards using laptops - the reduction in energy consumption is quite astounding when compared to a desktop that may use 6-7-8 times more energy to do the same tasks. Your laptop will be fine - I leave mine on for long extended periods of time and I have yet to see a glitch. Have fun.
370618
most don't have internal power supplies, that is the little box in the cord, some do, and no they can be removed and changed, which laptop do you have
602302
Your electrical system needs to be grounded properly. Check at the service panel and be sure that there is a large copper wire from the panel to a copper rod in the ground. Replace any two pron outlet with proper three prong grounded outlets.  Go to your local Radio Shack and purchase power strips that are surge protectors as well.  They will help you determine which ones you need.  Have a contractor install a lightning rod on you house. A simple lightning arrester that is attached by large copper braid to a copper rod in the ground.\nKeep in mind that the largest, biggest and best surge protector will not survive a direct strike by lightning, so that is why a lightning rod is used.
858637
hmm...surge somewhere.  Could be very dangerous, though.  Call electrician tomorrow.
480593
It's always safe to turn your laptop off. But you should install anti-spyware as soon as possible.\n\nHere are 2 good programs, all free:\n\nAdaware: get this at www.lavasoft.com. You can use it to scan your laptop whenever you suspect you have spyware on it, and it will eliminate alot of pests.\n\nSpyware Blaster: get it at www.javacoolsoftware.com.  It protects your PC from getting alot of spyware loaded onto it. \n\nIt's also good to have a strong antivirus program on your PC. If you don't have one already and want a free one, get AVG from www.grisoft.com.
970480
yes to be safe - potentially a surge can irrevocably damage your hubs and add to your cost and downtime.