Well, surely leaving it on kills battery life and generates heat buildup 
when the laptop is closed. You'll be eventually screwed either way, I think.

--On Sunday, April 07, 2002 12:49 PM -0400 billy ball <bball@tux.org> wrote:

>
> which begs others questions:
>
> - one would assume an LCD's backlight has a limited lifetime... but is it
> 'harder' (ie, contributes to shorter lifespan) on an LCD's backlight to
> turn it on/off via suspend or control, or to just let it run?
>

-andy diller