Cost of running a laptop..

[marine]

How much would it cost to run a laptop for 1 hour?
I've looked in the internet but it's all really confusing :S

[Recursion]

I THINK, it's like this:

It depends how many watts your laptop uses and the price of electricity. Say your laptop charger is 60w, you'd run it for 17 hours to get it up to 1kWh, call it 10p for 1kWh in the UK you'd look at 1.7p per hour.

Of course this is a very very rough idea.

[marine]

Oh so it's VERY cheap, hardly even noticeable on the electric bill?
'Cos my dad says it costs loads but he knows nothing lol.

[Recursion]

Nah, a desktop computer would be considerably more, but it depends on how long you leave it on for, what kind of hardware is in your computer and if you're running intensive programs or not.

A laptop would be fine, easily

[Rapidshare]

I understand people leaving computers on, but not a laptop unless you got a laptop stand or will put it on its side...You will just overheat which will cause problems in long term

[Recursion]

I understand people leaving computers on, but not a laptop unless you got a laptop stand or will put it on its side...You will just overheat which will cause problems in long term

Don't see why it should....

[Caution]

Oh so it's VERY cheap, hardly even noticeable on the electric bill?
'Cos my dad says it costs loads but he knows nothing lol.

Correct. If you can afford donator, you can afford to run a laptop.

[marine]

I understand people leaving computers on, but not a laptop unless you got a laptop stand or will put it on its side...You will just overheat which will cause problems in long term

Nah I don't leave it on, I'm just on alot & my dad says it costs too much.

[N!ck]

If it's just on, doing nothing then probably around half a penny per hour. Using it probably around a penny an hour. Tom has the right idea, but his maths is wrong.

[Rapidshare]

Don't see why it should....

I dont get what you meant by your quote but overheated => Laptop shutdown so it doesnt meltttttt which means any work he was doing will be lost (doubt it tho)