What uptime do you expect from your Mac?

Hey everyone... I was having an issue with kernel panics, usually after about a week of uptime. My MBP (2010) would slow up and about an hour or two later, it'd panic and I'd have to restart. After troubleshooting the RAM and my external devices, I did a reinstall of Snow Leopard and I've been up and running for almost 11 days now with no noticeable slowdowns or issues.
Which brings me to my original question: How long do you expect your Mac to run almost flawlessly before you need to restart? Would you mind checking how long your macs have been up by going into Terminal and typing "uptime"? I'd love to get some perspective on this.

Uptime depends on the uses, as do kernel panics. My MacBook Pro's current uptime is 6 days and 16 hours, but before that it had been a few months. I only restarted to install an update or two. My OS X server has been up for 98 days, and likewise was only restarted to apply a few updates.
If you are having kernel panics, you should check your hardware for troubles using the included hardware diagnostics on the grey restore DVDs, and also check for any odd kernel extensions you may be using. Have you done any upgrades to your system (new RAM, HD, etc)?

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