Can you give me advice on buying a power backup system for my computer?

Can you give me advice on buying a power backup system for my computer?

Question by Luvnmt: Can you give me advice on buying a power backup system for my computer?
I have a Dell 17" Laptop and a DSL Modem I want to backup in case of power failure and to protect from power surges and brown outs. Keeping the power supply uninterrupted is VERY important to me as I do online Forex trading. I am considering a CyberPower CP1350PFCLCD UPS 1350VA 810W PFC Compatible Pure Sine Wave http://www.amazon.com/CyberPower-CP1350PFCLCD-1350VA-810W-Compatible/dp/B00429N19M/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1308326734&sr=1-2 I believe it may be an overkill for what I need right now but I am considering buying a desktop in the near future. Anyone have any better ideas?


Best answer:

Answer by Aaron Brown
Yeah for your forex trading you'll wanna get a VPS server rather than using your laptop. It costs only about 40-50 dollars a month depending on what hardware options you select, and you'll basically get a entire hosted computer running windows that you can access from anywhere in the world. I use myhosting.com for mine (I used their "build your own VPS" option which allows for more customization, and I'm running 4 copies of metatrader on it. I can access it with my home computer through remote desktop which is so fast that you can only slightly tell that it's not my own desktop I'm looking at. Also, I can access it from anywhere in the world with my iphone using a VNC server I set up on it. Anyway so yeah get a VPS if you need a stable computer, don't use your own home PC for something that serious.

EDIT: I just realized, maybe you don't use automated strategies. I use automated strategies, so getting a hosted PC that won't crash while I am away is what I needed. But if you actually sit there and trade the forex, and you wanted a battery backup so you're screen will stay on (etc), then sorry I really am clueless about that.

Hey and since you're into forex like me, you might be interested in checking out the same place where I get most of the strategies that I use, which is here: http://tinyurl.com/3tcla4v . They have like 8000 strategies there, and some of them are really excellent. In fact, my own strategy is on there too. :-)

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