Do you all smoke when you are at your computer? I have heard that that is not good for the computer because the tar from the tobacco can gunk up the inside components and eventually ruin it. However, I do spend quite a bit of my time on the computer and, frankly, would like to be able to smoke. So, how bad for the computer is smoking really? If it won't harm it until years of smoking then I probably won't worry about it since, by that time, I will probably be upgrading to a new computer anyway.
Smoking at the computer?
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Surely you can't think that some of us who appear here, sometimes for hours, aren't sucking on a pipe as we type? If we couldn't smoke at the computer this forum would have disappeared long before I found it.
What you've heard is more or less true. "More" if you're still using an Apple III with floppy disks--floppies were notoriously sensitive to smoke and everything else in the environment. "Less" so if you've updated your machine in that last 25 years. Really the only part that is at much risk is the hard drive. They tend to be sealed pretty well, so I wouldn't loose much sleep over it. But I would (and do) back up my hard drive frequently.
As another IT guy, your computer will be way obsolete before you kill it with pipe smoke.
And this. Puff on
+1 sparks
+1 simnettpratt
I've worked on client's computers that were around 10 years old (Example: PC released in 2001 - 13 years old) that had been exposed to smoke since day one and it ran just fine for the parts that it had. You'd probably have to really try to kill a PC with smoke.
+1 simnettpratt
I've worked on client's computers that were around 10 years old (Example: PC released in 2001 - 13 years old) that had been exposed to smoke since day one and it ran just fine for the parts that it had. You'd probably have to really try to kill a PC with smoke.
Technically, I've been told that the film that gets on the inside of your car's windshield gets on the motherboard and helps it short out sooner, but (a) that's cigarette smoke, and (b) as the techs are telling you, if you like smoking and like your computer, the hell with it. It will be obsolete long before you kill it with smoking.
That is, you'll kill it by clicking on unsolicited forwards of funny cat videos long before you kill it with your meerschaum. Not saying you click on unsolicited forwards, mind you
That is, you'll kill it by clicking on unsolicited forwards of funny cat videos long before you kill it with your meerschaum. Not saying you click on unsolicited forwards, mind you
I have to admit I most often smoke pipes on my computer, but since I don't smoke many bowls a day, it's hard to
imagine it gunking up the works. My late wife used to chain smoke on the bed grading papers for her teaching,
and when I washed the window, the tar would coat the window. I think being on Forums takes the place of socializing
that might take place if it weren't so difficult to find a place to smoke a pipe in a coffee shop or park with others.
imagine it gunking up the works. My late wife used to chain smoke on the bed grading papers for her teaching,
and when I washed the window, the tar would coat the window. I think being on Forums takes the place of socializing
that might take place if it weren't so difficult to find a place to smoke a pipe in a coffee shop or park with others.
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I have my laptop with me 90% of the time I'm in my shop smoking a pipe or cigar. Been doing it for a couple years and haven't had a problem yet.
+1 cosmic
I don't smoke around my computer unless I take it outside and that is only so I can watch a movie on it while I smoke.
I don't smoke around my computer unless I take it outside and that is only so I can watch a movie on it while I smoke.
Awesome...thanks for the information, guys. That is what I suspected but I wanted to confirm. Now I can enjoy bowls at the pc without worry. :D
A few keys on my laptop with burn marks will attest to my pipe smoking and computer use. Other than cosmetics, it's no worse for wear.
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