Re: OT: surge protectors

On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:21:18 -0500, Ben Myers
<ben_myers_spam_me_not@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

You need a UPS. Or two. Or three. Or four. A UPS provides current from its
battery to keep the line voltage acceptably high for sensitive computers.

I might have a blind spot here. I thought that the value of a UPS was
to keep the computer running in case of a power outage of some kind so
that all disk writes are fully complete. Please explain if there are
other values of a UPS. Your post seems to say that the UPS is also a
voltage-controller. If so, I should get one after all. If it's only
a data issue I won't bother.

Also, what components should be plugged into a UPS -- mainly the CPU?

Finally, is it true that laptops don't need a UPS?

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