| User | Comment |
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bill   | | posted 12-Aug-2008 7:43am |
Yes, my wife and I each have one for our desktop computers, plus another for the routers and cable modem. The house beeps a lot when we lose power. I still have an extra one that I used to use for the computers that ran Survey Central in the basement, but I think the battery on it is nearly dead. |
cloudhugger    | | posted 12-Aug-2008 8:27am |
no |
| romkey | | posted 12-Aug-2008 10:00am |
We have several UPSs around but I'm not currently using one for my desktop computer as my desktop computer is now a laptop. |
| romkey | | posted 12-Aug-2008 10:01am |
A UPS is a very good idea for a desktop machine because in addition to getting you through brief power outages, it also provides a great deal of surge protection. If your computer isn't using some kind of surge protector (good power strips will do this as well), you might consider just dropping it out a window right now. |
| kirst | | posted 12-Aug-2008 10:25am |
Yes...and no. In the US, we do. On the boat in Hong Kong, we do not. |
gambler  | | posted 12-Aug-2008 11:09am |
In Jamaica the power supply is a bit bad and as I play for money getting a power cut in the middle of a big hand would piss me off, I use two, one for the computer & Screen, one for the ancillary stuff ..Modem, router, speakers as well as everything goes through an APC surge protector.
It has saved me many a time
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| gambler | | (reply to bill, romkey) posted 12-Aug-2008 11:13am |
Where is really pays dividends is the when the power has the odd "Hiccup" trips in and out, I remember when we had a hurricaine and I booted up the computer in complete darkness just so I could post a message here!  |
| Enheduanna | | posted 12-Aug-2008 12:26pm |
No; I use a laptop. (Although even when I had a desktop, I didn't have one.) My SO has one for his server, though. |
Melf   | | posted 12-Aug-2008 3:57pm |
Naw. I think we've had two power outages in the ten years we've lived here. We're having a thunderstorm at the moment (kind of a novelty, we only get one or two a year) and the usually crappy internet connection is holding. |
| JessicaWoman99 | | posted 13-Aug-2008 1:26pm |
My computer has battery backup and my heart uses 2 batteries as well the Energizer Bunny i keep going and going |
| JohnCD | | posted 16-Aug-2008 2:56pm |
No, but I probably should. |
| they | | posted 29-Sep-2008 9:11am |
No |
