hosting on a laptop?

[canaan]

hosting an ot like 12 hours with 1 hour recess each 4 hours may harm my laptop?

 

[kito2]

Depends on your map size and how many players... Once I burned my desktop xD

 

[canaan]

real map 20-50 players

 

[Red]

Also depends on your laptop's specifications.
Honestly, as a general warning, I would not suggest it.

Red

 

[iBlue]

Well if you're hosting a real map, u better have 64 bit menz, and even then, it's just gonna burn your 'top to a crisp.

Just invest in a desktop on the side (they're super cheap these days) for hosting if you don't care for dedi's...

 

[canaan]

toshiba, 2 GB ram, intel procesor, bought 6 months ago, I think I will burn it :s xd

 

[iBlue]

You won't have many players with those specs xD

 

[Pablingas]

i have toshiba 2gb to and ive hosted on this lap, but i used a couple fans and put my laptop like in an inclined way so the laptop fans have more face and the 2 other fans help cool it down.
lol it will get really hot though.

 

[Rexxar]

I've had my laptop on 24/7 since I bought it. It still works perfectly, aside from random dust-clogging of the vents, but that is easy to clean away.

Simple answer; Yes. It is possible to host an OT server on a laptop for an extended period of time. BUT! It is not recommended if the server causes the CPU usage to increase a lot (50 - 100%).
Laptops aren't designed to run for long periods of times at that high CPU usage (unless of course you got a laptop designed for gaming with some serious ventilation), doing so anyways may cause the laptop to shut down due to overheat, and may even damage the laptop in rare cases.