[Best Laptop to use SL properly?]

7 minutes ago, GabilondoYCia said:

I have an older Lenovo W series Thinkpad into which I  stuck a 1TB drive, 32gb of RAM, and a used I7 3920XM processor. I think I paid 300 bucks for the laptop and maybe 300-400 dollars for everything else. It runs SL quite well with decent framerate / resolution settings without overheating or freezing. 

I do also have a desktop I built with higher performance specs that runs SL even better, but it's in the den in the basement. I am upstairs most of the time so I use the Lenovo for SL 90% of the time.

[Best Laptop to use SL properly?]

I have an older Lenovo W series Thinkpad into which I  stuck a 1TB drive, 32gb of RAM, and a used I7 3920XM processor. I think I paid 300 bucks for the laptop and maybe 300-400 dollars for everything else. It runs SL quite well with decent framerate / resolution settings without overheating or freezing. 

[How Are Some Users Seemingly ALWAYS logged on?]

2 minutes ago, Odaks said:

Some people,  for example, living in a very remote area, maybe disabled and housebound, might just experience Second Life becoming their "First Life" in a way. It is possible that a conscious decision to "log back into RL" doesn't hold much appeal for them.

For my own part, I'm just grateful that RL occasionally leaves me alone long enough to get any time in SL!

Thanks for giving me a more comprehensive perspective on this, Odaks. I am in the same boat as you (RL is in my face too much for extended SL time). I had not even considered SL is probably first life for many people. 

[How Are Some Users Seemingly ALWAYS logged on?]

Thanks everyone for commenting! The only reason I can think of someone actually wanting their av to be logged 24/7 is to prevent someone else from deducing any patterning of times they are actually present in-world. 

[How Are Some Users Seemingly ALWAYS logged on?]

I have one or two SL acquaintances who are seemingly ALWAYS logged in - Sometimes days in a row. How are these users doing this? I asked one of the users in question directly, and was given a vague answer about leasing the server the sim is on or something. I myself have NO interest in being perpetually logged in (my close friends can get ahold of me thru email, discord, etc), I am just utterly puzzled by how some users never get logged out, or why the would not want to log at some point.  Thanks,