It also depends on how often you expect to lose power. If that answer is “somewhat often” or worse, then even a minor annoyance can be worth avoiding. There’s a

It also depends on how often you expect to lose power. If that answer is “somewhat often” or worse, then even a minor annoyance can be worth avoiding. There’s a reason laptops used as a server were known as “California servers”. (aka a server with a built in UPS)